What is the mechanism of action of Tofisopam as anti-anxiety agent?
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i've no idea i need points
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Personal angst is a contributing factor, but some people thrive under stressful situations while others become withdrawn and depressed. The latter are helped with chemicals that alter the uptake of serotonin, a neurotransmitter. Blocking the uptake of serotonin has a calming effect on those persons. Its analogous to giving insulin to a diabetic who cannot produce enough of it naturally.
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>Anxiety attacks or panic attacks:\nPanic disorder is real and potentially disabling, but it can be controlled with specific treatments. Because of the disturbing symptoms that accompany panic disorder, it may be mistaken for heart disease or some other life-threatening medical illness. This misconception often aggravates or triggers future attacks in the uninformed. People frequently go to hospital emergency rooms when they are having a panic attack, and extensive medical tests may be performed to rule out these other conditions.\n\nTreatment for panic disorder includes medications and a type of psychotherapy known as cognitive-behavioral therapy, which teaches people about the nature of panic attacks, the cycles of negative thoughts, and demonstrated ways to interrupt the panic process.\n\nMedications can be used to break the psychological connection between a specific phobia and panic attacks, reducing future panic attacks. Medications can include antidepressants (SSRI's, MAOI's, etc.) taken every day, or anti-anxiety drugs (benzodiazepines, e.g. -- Valium, Ativan, Xanax, etc.) during or in anticipation of panic attacks. Exposure to the phobia trigger multiple times without a resulting panic attack (due to medication) can often break the phobia-panic pattern, allowing people to function around their phobia without the help of medications. However, for minor phobias that develop as a result of the panic attack, with early detection these can be eliminated without medication through monitored cognitive-behavioral therapy or simply by reinserting oneself into the phobic activity. The decision to participate in this therapy personally or through a registered practitioner should always be left to a medical professional.\n\nOften, a combination of psychotherapy and medications produces good results. Some improvement may be noticed in a fairly short period of time--about 6 to 8 weeks. Thus appropriate treatment by an experienced professional can prevent panic attacks or at least substantially reduce their severity and frequency--bringing significant relief to 70 to 90 percent of people with panic disorder. [2] Relapses may occur, but they can often be effectively treated just like the initial episode.\n\nIn addition, people with panic disorder may need treatment for other emotional problems. Clinical depression has often been associated with panic disorder, as have alcoholism and drug addiction. About 30% of people with panic disorder use alcohol and 17% use drugs such as cocaine or marijuana to alleviate the anguish and distress caused by their condition. Research has also suggested that suicide attempts are more frequent in people with panic disorder, although this research remains controversial.\n\nAs with many disorders, having a support structure of family and friends who understand the condition can help increase the rate of recovery. During an attack, it is not uncommon for the sufferer to develop irrational, immediate fear, which can often be dispelled by a supporter who is familiar with the condition. For more serious or active treatment, there are support groups for anxiety sufferers which can help people understand and deal with the disorder.\n\nOther forms of treatment include journalling, in which a patient records their day-to-day activities and emotions in a log to find and deal with their personal stresses, and breathing exercises, such as diaphragmatic breathing. Stress-relieving activities such as tai-chi, yoga, and physical exercise can also help ameliorate the causes of panic disorder. Many physicians will recommend stress-management, time-management, and emotion-balancing classes and seminars to help patients avoid anxiety in the future.
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It is basically a drug that depresses the central nervous system (CNS), which causes calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, slowed breathing, slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes.
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Emotional Freedom Technique- Accupressure. I've seen and heard of it's use. It does work on some people, but some not. Myself I just use Walbutrin. It takes care of the anxiety and I quit smoking, too. Thirty six days now. Expensive though. If you don't have insurance it's $120.00 If you do then it's only $20.00 for 30 pills. Non Habit forming , too.
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Panic attacks are a pain. My son gets them all the time. I got him counseling and a good psychiatrist. The counseling helped him deal with his frustration, and the psychiatrist was able to prescribe medication that controls it.\n\nPanic attacks are caused by a brain chemical imbalance. You're not crazy... you just feel that way for a while. What happens is that a normal brain puts out seratonin to make you feel like you can solve your problems, that the world is pretty much okay, etc. But in people with panic attacks, their brain puts out another chemical to kill off the seratonin. So you feel like the world is not right and that you're fighting a losing battle. The medications prevent that second chemical from killing off the seratonin, so in the end, you feel normal. These medications don't make you feel doped up or sleepy or anything like that. They make you feel NORMAL again. They're called Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). \n\nAsk your doctor about them. I definitely recommend getting them from a psychiatrist rather than from a regular doctor because a psychiatrist is an MD who specializes in problems related to emotions. That's the best person for this. You aren't going crazy. But sometimes it sure feels that way.\n\nAnxiety is a different but related issue. For that, you can take tranquilizers, which work in about 20 minutes. The SSRIs are not addictive and they take about two weeks to kick in. But the tranquilizers can be addictive, so take them only when really necessary. Your best bet is to take an SSRI and then use the tranquilizers only when your anxiety pops up, which should be way less often when you take the SSRIs.
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This question is tough because everyone reacts to different drugs in different ways. For anxiety, I actually take the anti-depressant Zoloft. It's been the only one that hasn't made me too jittery or too numb. I can still feel emotions, but I'm better at handling stress...the anxiety just kind of goes away and life comes out feeling alright. I would talk to your doctor and you might have to try a few different ones before you find the one that works the best for you.
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I used to take Lexapro, and my brother takes Paxil, and we each have noticed that our anxiety is worse on days we skip it.  I don't think this is the placebo effect.  Our bodies become very used to the amount of serotonin in our system, and when you miss a day it probably throws you off a little.
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It is the only medication of its kind that quickly brought depression/anxiety under control (for me and other members of my large extended family), perhaps because it impacts both Serotonin and Norepinephrine levels.  Slight dryness of mouth and some fatigue were the main side-effects ... minor compared to the alternatives ... this medication has probably saved lives in our family.
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This drug is used mainly in the treatment of depression. It is also used to treat other psychological disorders, these include: OCD ( obsessive-compulsive disorder), panic disorder, and antiphobic effects. This drug may also be used in the treatment of bulimia. Fluoxetine is also used to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), symptoms of which occur in the week or two before a woman's menstrual period and commonly include irritability, mood swings, and tension as well as the physical symptoms of bloating and breast tenderness.
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This drug is given for from medicine book ---systoms of schizophrenia, mental order marked by illutions,disrupted thinking,loss of contact with reality. It is first in new class of antipsychotic medications.Reachers believe it works by diminishing the action of dopamine and serotonin, two of the brains chief chemical messengers.                                                                                       Important fact about this drug-----may cause tardive, condition characterized by uncontrollable muscle spasms and twiches of the face. Problem can be permanent,appears mostly in older women.                                             Side effects common are admonial pain, constipation, diminished movement, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, excessive muscle tone, headache, indigestion, low blood pressure, nasal inflammation, neck regidity, rapid heartbeat, rash, tremor, uncontrollable movements, weakness. This is just list of common if want more let me know.       Warnings about this medicine---- if you get muscle stiffness, confusion, irregular or rapid heart beat, excessive sweeting, and high fever CALL DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. hAS OTHER EFFECTS TOO.                                      DO NOT TAKE WITH-----barbiturates such as phenobarbital, carbamazepine,cimetidine,erythomycin,fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole,levodopa, lorazepam,phebytoin, rifampin, any steriod medication, or thioridazine           OVERDOSE SYSTOMS----dizziness;drowsiness, fainting, and rapid heartbeat.                                            NO WHERE IN THE BOOK DID IT SAY IT WAS FOR ALOCHOLISM----but yes I know they use same drugs for different things.
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Well Prozac is a medicine used to treat depression.  It takes a while to work, since instead of being a direct medicine that would increase the amount of the neuro-transmitter that makes you happy, it is a medicine called a "re-uptake inhibitor" meaning that when the happy neuro-transmitter would normally leave the nerve endings, the Prozac medicine keeps the transmitter there, meaning that the next time your brain would send out a happy signal that it sends out a larger dose of happy.  The drug Klonopin is used to treat several types of seizures.  Prozac is not normally used for post-mortem or post-partem depression.
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I took the same dosage, and it works well for me.  It made me feel funny the first time, but now I can take it and feel ok.  I don't take it regularly, only when I'm really anxious and can't sleep, or I feel like I'm going to have a panic attack.  Good luck, I hope it helps you!
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Yes there is a link!  But there are studies that link it with being depressed, and those that link say it is antidepressant.
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Janespearl - Which medication are you taking for anxiety?  The medication that is used for the pharmacologic stress test is DOBUTAMINE, which will gradually increase your heart rate to a level comparable that what you would achieve during exercise.  It feels weird because you feel your heart start to race even though you are lying still.  The only medications which can not be taken prior to the test are BETA-BLOCKERS which counter the effects of dobutamine.  However, beta-blockers are rarely used for anxiety except for propranolol which is often used to treat stage fright.  If you are concerned that you will not be able to handle the dobutamine stress test, your options are to get a one-time prescription from you doctor for a mild sedative (in which case you would not be able to drive yourself home from the test) or to ask him to order an adenosine stress test.  The adenosine stress test can be done despite being on beta-blockers and does NOT work by increasing your heart rate.  Rather, it causes dilation of your blood vessels and may be accompanied by a flushing sensation or chest tightness that lasts about 3-4 minutes.
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Antabuse.\n\n"Disulfiram (Antabuse) produces a sensitivity to alcohol which results in a highly unpleasant reaction when the patient under treatment ingests even small amounts of alcohol."\n\nhttp://healthyplace.com/medications/disulfiram.htm
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Prozac.  not kidding.