tranquilizers
Anxiety-reducing medications
Tranquilizers are drugs that calm anxiety, reduce agitation, or induce sleep.
The term covers a range of sedatives from mild anti-anxiety medications to powerful antipsychotics used in psychiatric treatment.
Veterinarians use tranquilizers to sedate animals for procedures or transport.
The word suggests something that brings tranquility—a chemical quieting of the nervous system: The doctor prescribed tranquilizers after the panic attack.
Sedative-hypnotic drug class
- barbituratesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- diazepamAnti-anxiety benzodiazepine
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
- alprazolamBenzodiazepine for anxiety disorders
clonazepam · temazepam · haloperidol · chlorpromazine · phenobarbital · sedative-hypnotic · anxiolytic · psychotropic
Benzodiazepine brand name
- mother's little helperSedative for stressed homemakers
- downersThings that depress
- knockout dropsSecretly administered sedative
- Mickey FinnSecretly drugged beverage
sedated · zonked · tranquilized · chemical restraint · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · psych ward · institutional · overmedication
Take into custody
- dart gunWeapon firing small projectiles
- wildlife managementSupervising animal populations sustainably
- zooPublic animal collection
- ketamineDissociative anesthetic agent
large animal · immobilization · transport · examination · surgery · euthanasia · veterinarian · wildlife rescue
State of near-sleep
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- calmFree from agitation
- relaxationState of being unwound
- sleepinessState of needing rest
grogginess · sluggishness · impairment · dizziness · confusion · amnesia · slurred speech · muscle weakness
Drug-induced calm state
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- preoperativeBefore a medical procedure
- anxiety disorderMental illness causing overwhelming fear
panic attack · insomnia · muscle relaxant · anticonvulsant · agitation · delirium · seizure · injection
benzodiazepines
Sedative-hypnotic drug class
- barbituratesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- diazepamAnti-anxiety benzodiazepine
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
alprazolam · clonazepam · temazepam · haloperidol · chlorpromazine · phenobarbital · sedative-hypnotic · anxiolytic · psychotropic · prescription
Valium
Benzodiazepine brand name
- mother's little helperSedative for stressed homemakers
- downersThings that depress
- knockout dropsSecretly administered sedative
Mickey Finn · sedated · zonked · tranquilized · chemical restraint · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · psych ward · institutional · overmedication · zombie
capture
Take into custody
- dart gunWeapon firing small projectiles
- wildlife managementSupervising animal populations sustainably
- zooPublic animal collection
large animal · ketamine · immobilization · transport · examination · surgery · euthanasia · veterinarian · wildlife rescue · big cat
drowsiness
State of near-sleep
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- calmFree from agitation
- relaxationState of being unwound
sleepiness · grogginess · sluggishness · impairment · dizziness · confusion · amnesia · slurred speech · muscle weakness · numbness
sedation
Drug-induced calm state
- psychiatryMental health medicine
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- preoperativeBefore a medical procedure
anxiety disorder · panic attack · insomnia · muscle relaxant · anticonvulsant · agitation · delirium · seizure · injection · intravenous
- anxiolyticsanxiolytic, anxiolytics, benzodiazepines, benzos, alprazolam
- drugsibuprofen, marijuana, aspirin, meth, cocaine
- Neuroactive Drugsdopamine, serotonin, GABA, acetylcholine, norepinephrine
- psychiatric carepsychotherapy, psychiatry, psychiatrist, medication, therapy
- psychoactivesLSD, MDMA, cannabis, psilocybin, heroin
- sedativessedative, sedatives, tranq, tranks, depressant
tranquilizersstimulants
Agents that heighten arousal
uppers · amphetamines · speed · methamphetamine · cocaine
tranquilizersagitators
Those who incite disturbance
energizers · irritants · stressors · activators · arousers
- tranquilizer dartDrug-tipped projectile for subduing
- tranquilizer gunFirearm delivering sedative projectiles
- horse tranquilizerDrug sedating large livestock