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antianxiety drug

American

noun

Pharmacology.

any of various substances, as benzodiazepines, that are primarily used to treat various forms of anxiety and psychosomatic conditions.

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Gallimberti tried to help Rossi by prescribing an antidepressant, an antianxiety drug, and psychotherapy.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 29, 2017

LEO STERNBACH, 97, chemist and inventor of the widely used antianxiety drug Valium; at home in Chapel Hill, N.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

Consider the case of Bristol-Myers Squibb, which filed a new patent on its antianxiety drug BuSpar last fall even as a generic competitor was loading cheaper pills onto its trucks for shipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

That's the conclusion of a Swedish study that assessed the soothing effects of a spray containing the antianxiety drug midazolam on kids receiving intravenous cancer medication.

From Time Magazine Archive

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