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Buspirone, sold under the brand name Buspar among others, is an anxiolytic, a medication primarily used to treat anxiety disorders, particularly generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It is a serotonin 5-HT 1A receptor partial agonist , increasing action at serotonin receptors in the brain. [ 3 ]
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Buspirone is sometimes used off-label to reduce sexual dysfunction associated with the use of SSRIs. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] A number of non-SSRI drugs are not associated with sexual side effects (such as bupropion , mirtazapine , tianeptine , agomelatine , tranylcypromine , and moclobemide [ 57 ] [ 58 ] [ 59 ] ).
Excellent summary of buspirone and benzodiazepine therapy-probably more valuable text than the Wikipedia article itself.Dehughes 01:37, 20 June 2010 (UTC) I asked myself if the article is about buspirone or about benzidazepines and benzos-withdrawal.
Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...
Examples include serotonin 5-HT 1A receptor agonists like buspirone, serotonin reuptake inhibitors like the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (e.g., fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline) and serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) (e.g., phenelzine, nialamide, isocarboxazid). [6]
Buspar – an anxiolytic used to treat generalized anxiety disorder; Belbuca, Buprenex, Butrans, Subutex, Probuohine (buprenorphine) - an opioid medicine used to treat moderate to severe pain, and in some formulations to treat opioid use disorder; Belsomra – used to treat insomnia
A 2016 review found it was not useful in generalized anxiety disorder at 2.5, 5, and 10 mg doses (15 and 20 mg doses were not tested). [32] A 2019 meta-analysis found that vortioxetine did not produce statistically significant results over placebo in the symptoms, quality of life, and remission rates of generalized anxiety disorder, but it was ...