What is Anxiolytic?
'''Anxiolytics''' are [[drug]]s that are used for the treatment of [[anxiety]], and anxiety-related [[disorder]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/anxiolytic|title=Anxiolytic - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics|website=www.sciencedirect.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> The common drugs can be classified: *[[Benzodiazepine]]s *[[Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor]]s, often abbreviated SSRIs *[[Azapirone]]s *[[Barbiturate]]s *[[Hydroxyzine]]s *[[Pregabalin]] In addition to these drug classes, there are also certain [[plant]]s that have such properties. Many of the drugs listed above have [[side-effect]]s. For this reason, they are only available on [[prescription]]. Certain forms of [[therapy]] have also been used to treat anxiety disorders. == Mechanism == Anxiolytics are said to act on key biochemical messengers in the brain and eventually decrease the abnormal excitability. The biochemical messengers or binding sites are unevenly distributed in the brain, and also said to be associated with a GABA receptor and a chloride channel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiolytics#how-they-work2|title=About Anxiolytics|newspaper=Healthline|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-0348-9289-6_10|title=Progress in Drug Research/Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung/Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques|last1=Mennini|first1=T.|last2=Caccia|first2=S.|last3=Garattini|first3=S.|journal=Progress in Drug Research. Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung. Progres des Recherches Pharmaceutiques|date=1987|publisher=Birkhäuser Basel|isbn=9783034899819|volume=31|pages=315–347|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-0348-9289-6_10|pmid=2894040}}</ref> == References == <references />{{med-stub}} [[Category:Drugs used in psychiatry]]