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Anti-anxiety Medications (Benzodiazepines)
Anti-anxiety medications help reduce the symptoms of anxiety, such as panic attacks or extreme fear and worry. The most common anti-anxiety medications are called benzodiazepines.
About Anti-anxiety Medications (Benzodiazepines)Antidepressant Medications
Antidepressant medications are most commonly used to help relieve the distress of depression or anxiety.
About Antidepressant MedicationsAntipsychotic Medications
Antipsychotic medications can reduce or relieve symptoms of psychosis, such as delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing something that is not there).
About Antipsychotic MedicationsBuprenorphine
Buprenorphine is an opioid medication used to treat pain and opioid addiction.
About BuprenorphineMethadone
Methadone is a opioid drug that is often used to treat addiction to other opioids, such as heroin, oxycodone or fentanyl.
About MethadoneMood Stabilizing Medication
Mood stabilizers are medications used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, where a person’s mood changes from a depressed feeling to a high “manic” feeling or vice versa.
About Mood Stabilizing MedicationNaloxone
Naloxone is a medication that can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and allow time for medical help to arrive.
About Naloxone