Tranquilizer drugs: what are they and when are they used?

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In this regard, tranquilizers can be divided into:

• Minor tranquilizers, used in the treatment of anxiety;
• Major tranquilizers, used in the treatment of various forms of psychosis.

Regardless of the type of tranquilizers, these drugs can be dispensed only upon presentation of a suitable medical prescription and their use must be carried out only and exclusively under the strict supervision of the doctor, within the framework of a well-defined therapeutic strategy.

, such as: generalized anxiety disorders, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders and post-traumatic stress disorders.

Therefore, the term "minor tranquilizers" can be used as a synonym for "anxiolytic drugs".

In the group of minor tranquilizers we find active ingredients belonging to different classes of drugs which will be briefly described below.

For further information: Anxiolytic drugs: what they are, when they are taken and how they work