anti-anxiety

While the use of most psychiatric drugs grew strongly, there were declines in antidepressant use in children and anti-anxiety drug use in the elderly, likely in part because of concern over potential side effects.

Psychiatric Drug Use Spreads Shirley S. Wang 2011

He had accepted at face value that Ledger's "anti-anxiety agents" were somehow not sleeping pills, which is one of their major uses.

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: Alcohol and Sleeping Pills: The 'Perfect' Night's Sleep? M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

Then, over the next forty-eight hours, she also wrote me prescriptions for Ambien CR (a sleep medication) and Ativan (an anti-anxiety medication).

Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

The medicating of Americans for mental illnesses continued to grow over the past decade, with one in five adults now taking at least one psychiatric drug such as antidepressants, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety medications, according to an analysis of pharmacy-claims data.

Psychiatric Drug Use Spreads Shirley S. Wang 2011

She also told me to renew my old prescription for Effexor (an antidepressant) and Xanax (an anti-anxiety medication) that a different doctor had prescribed before my pregnancy for help with my lifelong sleepwalking and some low-grade anxiety.

Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

These findings included traces of anti-anxiety medications in the drinking water delivered to approximately 18.5 million Southern Californians.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Prescription Tap Water: What Drugs Are We Taking With Our Drugs? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

These findings included traces of anti-anxiety medications in the drinking water delivered to approximately 18.5 million Southern Californians.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Prescription Tap Water: What Drugs Are We Taking With Our Drugs? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

These findings included traces of anti-anxiety medications in the drinking water delivered to approximately 18.5 million Southern Californians.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Prescription Tap Water: What Drugs Are We Taking With Our Drugs? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

These findings included traces of anti-anxiety medications in the drinking water delivered to approximately 18.5 million Southern Californians.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Prescription Tap Water: What Drugs Are We Taking With Our Drugs? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

In the elderly, the use of anti-anxiety drugs, particularly ones that stay in the body for a longer period of time like Valium, is a major worry, but there has been relatively little in the way of research on their use in this population, according to Dr. Olfson.

Psychiatric Drug Use Spreads Shirley S. Wang 2011