Impact of anxiety therapy on patients' quality of life

The treatment of anxiety is one of the leading problems in medicine today. Although traditional anxiolytic drugs have been effective in reducing the symptoms of anxiety, their efficacy has often been achieved at the expense of the patient's quality of life. The sedative side effects and impaire...

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Published inThe American journal of medicine Vol. 82; no. 5; pp. 14 - 19
Main Author Feighner, John P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 22.05.1987
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Anti-Anxiety Agents - adverse effects
Anti-Anxiety Agents - therapeutic use
Anxiety Disorders - drug therapy
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Automobile Driving
Buspirone
Diazepam - adverse effects
Diazepam - therapeutic use
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy, Combination
Ethanol - adverse effects
Ethanol - pharmacology
Humans
Psychomotor Performance - drug effects
Pyrimidines - adverse effects
Pyrimidines - therapeutic use
Quality of Life
Sleep Stages
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Summary:The treatment of anxiety is one of the leading problems in medicine today. Although traditional anxiolytic drugs have been effective in reducing the symptoms of anxiety, their efficacy has often been achieved at the expense of the patient's quality of life. The sedative side effects and impaired psychomotor functioning associated with the use of benzodiazepine anxiolytics not only impede the success of therapy, but jeopardize the patient's safety. This article addresses these salient issues and provides evidence suggesting that the antianxiety drug buspirone better achieves the goal of optimal anxiolytic therapy with minimal unwanted effects.
ISSN:0002-9343
1555-7162
DOI:10.1016/0002-9343(87)90198-7