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Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Medications
- Anxiety Disorders - Medications
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Medications
Until recently, the anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines were the primary medications for anxiety. Increasingly, antidepressants, particularly the selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), are being used as the initial treatment. They are proving to be effective, nonaddictive, and to have relatively minor side effects.
Many standard antidepressants take 2 - 4 weeks, and sometimes up to 12 weeks, before they are fully effective. People who take them may also experience a t...
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Medications Used for Migraine Prevention
...migraine prevention. They include amitriptyline (Elavil, Endep), nortriptyline (Pamelor, Aventyl), doxepin (Sinequan), and protriptyline (Vivactil). They are beneficial for patients who suffer... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Medications
...pain, but which can lose effectiveness over time. Other tricyclics include desipramine (Norpramin), doxepin (Sinequan), imipramine (Tofranil), amoxapine (Asendin), and nortriptyline (Pamelor,... Read more »Headaches: Tension: Medications
...amines, but they are as toxic in high amounts.Less commonly used or investigative tricyclics include doxepin (Sinequan), amoxapine (Asendin), maprotiline (Ludiomill), protriptyline (Vivactil),... Read more »Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...drowsiness, than tertiary amines, but they are as toxic in high amounts.Less commonly used tricyclics include doxepin (Sinequan), amoxapine (Asendin), maprotiline (Ludiomill), protriptyline... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Medications
...pathways in the nervous system. Improvement in symptoms can take 3 - 4 weeks. Other tricyclics include doxepin (Sinequan), desipramine (Norpramin), nortriptyline (Pamelor), clomipramine... Read more »
Medications
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