Get Informed: Anxiety

Anxiety: Overview

Anxiety disorders are psychological conditions that occur when anxiety, a normal reaction to fear or stress, occurs in excessive amounts or abnormal ways. Anxiety disorders commonly occur together with other conditions such as depression, may run in families, and can occasionally linked to a specific triggering event or situation. Examples of anxiety disorders include Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Complusive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and specific phobias - such as fear of social situations, confined spaces or items such as snakes or spiders.

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Last Data Update:: 2011-06-30 16:55

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Medications used for Anxiety

Drugs commonly taken by MediGuard users for Anxiety are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.

Commonly Used Medication Name*	% of Patients	Severity
Buspar	5%	Moderate
Xanax	5%	Moderate
Ativan	5%	Moderate
Luvox	5%	Moderate

Less than 5%: Klonopin, Paxil, St. John's Wort, Tranxene, Serax, Zoloft, Librium, Valium, Lexapro, Effexor, Vistaril, Celexa, Pristiq, Zyprexa, Risperdal, Cymbalta, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Geodon, Seroquel, Abilify, Desyrel, Remeron, Symbyax, Sinequan, Lamictal, Depakote, Imipramine, Serzone, Pamelor, Tenex, Amitriptyline, Inderal, Trilafon

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of MediGuard users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.