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Treatment for Abuse of Anti-Anxiety Drugs Tripled Over 10 Years

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by admin.

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Admissions for treatment of benzodiazepine abuse nearly tripled in the United States between 1998 and 2008, while overall admissions for substance abuse rose only 11 percent, according to a government study released Thursday. Benzodiazepines — a class of drugs prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizure disorders — include Valium, Halcion, Xanax, Ativan and Librium. [...]

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Scientists find clue to anxiety drug addiction

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by admin.

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Valium-like drugs use the same potentially addictive “reward pathways” in the brain as heroin and cannabis, scientists said on Wednesday, findings which may help in the search for non-addictive alternative anxiety drugs. Researchers from Switzerland and the United States found that so-called benzodiazepine drugs, such as Ativan, Xanax and Valium, exert a calming effect by [...]

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