tranquillizers
Anxiety-reducing medication
Tranquillizers are drugs that reduce anxiety, tension, or agitation.
The term covers a range of sedative medications, from mild anti-anxiety pills to powerful antipsychotics.
In veterinary use, tranquillizers sedate animals for transport or medical procedures: The vet gave the horse a tranquillizer before the examination.
Also spelled tranquilizers.
Drugs that calm
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- barbituratesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- anxiolyticsDrugs reducing pathological worry
- ValiumBenzodiazepine brand name
Xanax · diazepam · lorazepam · prescription · dosage · pills · tablets · medication
Persistent apprehensive distress
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- psychiatryMental health medicine
withdrawal · overdose · tolerance · dependence · addiction · side effects · drowsiness · treatment
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- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- nerve pillsMedication reducing anxiety
coping · numbness · escape · dependency · stigma · mental health · overprescription · medicalization
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- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- captureTake into custody
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- ketamineDissociative anesthetic agent
large mammals · immobilization · safari · conservation · veterinarian · relocation · tagging · examination
sedatives
Drugs that calm
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- barbituratesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- anxiolyticsDrugs reducing pathological worry
Valium · Xanax · diazepam · lorazepam · prescription · dosage · pills · tablets · medication · pharmacology
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
psychiatry · withdrawal · overdose · tolerance · dependence · addiction · side effects · drowsiness · treatment · panic disorder
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nerve pills · coping · numbness · escape · dependency · stigma · mental health · overprescription · medicalization · soma
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Weapon firing small projectiles
large mammals · ketamine · immobilization · safari · conservation · veterinarian · relocation · tagging · examination · elephants
tranquillizersstimulants
Agents that heighten arousal
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