tranquillisers
Anxiety-reducing medication
Tranquillisers are drugs that calm anxiety or induce sedation.
The term covers both minor tranquillisers (like Valium) for everyday anxiety and major tranquillisers (antipsychotics) for severe mental illness.
British spelling; Americans write tranquilizers.
The vet used a tranquilliser dart to sedate the bear.
Drugs that calm
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- anxiolyticsDrugs reducing pathological worry
- diazepamAnti-anxiety benzodiazepine
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
prescription · dosage · withdrawal · dependence · psychiatry · insomnia · anxiety · barbiturates
Handheld pointed projectile
- immobilisationPreventing all movement
- ketamineDissociative anesthetic agent
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- captureTake into custody
sedation · elephant · rhinoceros · zoo · dosing · anaesthesia · relocation · conservation
sedatives
Drugs that calm
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- anxiolyticsDrugs reducing pathological worry
- diazepamAnti-anxiety benzodiazepine
lorazepam · prescription · dosage · withdrawal · dependence · psychiatry · insomnia · anxiety · barbiturates · chlorpromazine
dart
Handheld pointed projectile
- immobilisationPreventing all movement
- ketamineDissociative anesthetic agent
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
capture · sedation · elephant · rhinoceros · zoo · dosing · anaesthesia · relocation · conservation · handling
calming
Inducing a settled state
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
dulling · escape · coping · distraction · comfort · television · alcohol · shopping · avoidance · denial
tranquillisersstimulants
Agents that heighten arousal
uppers · amphetamines · speed · methamphetamine · cocaine