Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines

Prescription Drugs – This list can be quite exhaustive, but mainly contains all the tablets prescribed by the GP with regards to depression, sleeping tablets e.g. Tamazepan, Diazepam, and Valium

Anxiolytics are medications that decrease anxiety while hypnotics promote sleep. Some medications termed benzodiazepines are effective and used predominantly for anxiety but aid sleep due to having sedating properties. Benzodiazepine intended uses are for anxiety (general, panic, anticipatory and anxiety secondary to stress), sleep, side effects of other medications, agitation, alcohol and other sedative/hypnotic withdrawal and muscle spasms. Benzodiazepines include diazepam, lorazepam, clonazepam and alprazolam where all possess addictive properties. Other medications useful in treating anxiety without sedating properties include buspirone and D-cycloserine.

There are many different types of major depression symptoms and which means there are many prescription drugs to fit each and every one of them. Prozac is used to treat severe depressive disorder, bulimia nervosa, and panic disorder (Prozac, 2014). Prozac affects the chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms (Prozac, 2014). Depressive disorders come in several different forms, it can make things you find pleasurable not as good, and this is a severe case of depression. Another type is Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is a depressive sickness that occurs during the winter months due because you’re not getting as sun light so you’ll lack vitamin D.

Sedative-hypnotics, including benzodiazepines, are a group of drugs used to treat the symptoms of anxiety, panic disorders, and insomnia.

anxiety, and insomnia. In the addiction realm, it is often prescribed to ease addicts who are

Some of the most common antidepressants include Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft, Paxil, Remeron and Effexor, these come capsules or tablets, studies show that the effects of these drugs can include: Nervousness and anxiety, Insomnia, Irritability, Violent thoughts and actions, Agitation, Hostility, Suicidal thoughts or suicide, Tremors, Irregular heartbeat, Aggression, Confusion and incoherent thoughts, Paranoia, Hallucinations, Psychosis,

The use of any medication that has the potential for misuse or abuse is of critical consideration when working with individuals in recovery. Specifically, if an individual is open with a counselor, prescribing physician, or psychiatrist, about their past substance abuse and dependency, they in turn have placed a large amount of trust in these professionals related to appropriate treatment and decision-making. One of the primary issues facing individuals recovering from substance abuse, particularly in the early stages, is that of insomnia or sleep disorders. Kolla et Al. (2014) noted that while 47% of individuals in the beginning of recovery experience insomnia, this number

Depressants are often prescribed to treat anxiety, panic disorders, and insomnia. Drugs in this category include barbiturates like Nembutal and Seconal as well as benzodiazepines like Ativan, Valium, and Xanax. Sleep medications like Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata are also in this class of drugs. These drugs are often abused because they have a calming and relaxing effect. However, they can also cause confusion, drowsiness, and memory problems. Like opioids, taking too many depressants can also stop a person’s breathing.

The use of any medication such as a benzodiazepine to assist with Miguel’s difficulty sleeping would not be considered at this time because of his alcohol use. The mixture of a benzodiazepine and alcohol can be dangerous, therefore not until his alcohol use is under control can a sleep aid, anxiety or depression medication can be prescribed. It is even more imperative that this is taken into consideration to ensure that Miguel takes the necessary steps to seek help.

Sedatives encompass a wide variety of drugs with different mechanisms of action that can induce depression of the central nervous system (CNS). In the first part of the 20th century, the pharmacotherapy of anxiety and insomnia relied on barbiturates, which were replaced with benzodiazepines as drugs of choice in the second part of the previous century. Besides those two groups of drugs, other sedatives are also used for that purpose.

Medical research, conducted in Great Britain and the United States, has revealed that patients of all ages taking antidepressant drugs can become addicted to the pills. They are also put at an extreme risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior (“Antidepressant Drugs”

Another common form of psychoactive drugs is depressants, in which many people also have participated in using,

There are many different types of drugs such as, antidepressants, depressants, hallucinogenic. Most people when asked, oppose strongly to using these drugs

They slow the body down. They relax, tranquilize, relieve pain and induce sleep. One may say and do things that they would never do under normal circumstances. When these depressants bare abused they can slow do0wm body functions such as breathing to an extent that a person may pass out or even lapse into a coma.

Rohypnol is the trade or brand name for the drug flunitrazepam. This drug is a central nervous system depressant and hence, decreases the activity in the brain and other parts of the body. There are two main types of medical depressants which are barbiturates and benzodiazepines. Barbiturates are used to induce sleep and are also called “downers” ((Ic.galegroup.com, 2016)) while benzodiazepines are used primarily to produce sedation, sleep, or muscle relaxation in order to reduce seizures, anxiety and also to produce anterograde amnesia, a desired effect for some surgical procedures. (Nora Fitzgerald and Jack Riley. 2000).