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Antianxiety
Antianxiety Meds
Question | Answer |
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Antianxiety medication | Minor tranquilizers; used for generalized anxiety disorders, anxiety caused by depression, phobias, PSTD, alcohol and drug withdrawals, seizure disorder, and pre-operatively |
Actions of antianxiety meds | Most widely used medication. Action is to exert an anti-anxiety effect by acting on GABA gamma aminobutyric acid; GABA weakens the emotional response to anxiety |
choice of anxiety agent | primary difference is in the duration of action with some being short acting and others being long acting. |
Prescribed dosages | dosages are often titrated to the symptoms. Indiv. is usually started on a low dose and carefully titrated upward until reaching the desired effect. |
Major Side effects | Drowsiness, ataxia, urticaria (pain in groin area), dry mouth, hypertension and hypotension. |
Important facts about antianxiety agents | mixing with alcohol is extremely dangerous.If taken for >4 months..client needs to be slowly tapered off the med. Clients are taught to never give these meds to others. Do not cure anxiety, just decrease symptoms. |
Antianxiety agents facts | not good for persons who attempted suicide and was addicted to drugs. |
Antianxiety meds | librium/chlordiazepoxide xanax/alprazolam tranxene/clorazepate valium/diazepam ativan/lorazepam serax/oxazepam buspar/buspirone |