Pharmacotherapeutic arsenal available for the generalized anxiety treatment: pharmacological and clinical review
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https://doi.org/10.37497/ijhmreview.v7i3.275Keywords:
Anxiety, Pathophysiology, Pathology, Anxiety Disorder, Pharmacotherapy, PharmacologyAbstract
Introduction: An important role for survival, anxiety is a physiological artifact that guarantees the preparation to face challenging and sudden situations; however, when excessive, it becomes pathological, thus generating anxiety disorders. Generalized anxiety disorder causes both physical and psychological limitations in patients, as there is no control over the disturbance generated by anxiety. Cardiac, endocrinological, neurological and diverse changes such as insomnia, gastritis, and SIADH accompany the evolution of this pathology, which requires attention and appropriate treatment. Objective: The aim of this study was to physiopathologically analyze Generalized Anxiety Disorder, as well as the pharmacological treatment and the way in which the drugs used in the treatment act. Methodology: Literature review through research of articles and scientific journals in PUBMED, Academic Google and SCIELO databases, using the following descriptors: generalize danxiety, anxiety disorder, physiological changes, anxiety pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy. Conclusion: Barbiturates are the oldest class of anxiolytic drugs with regard to GAD, however, currently, it is no longer used for this purpose due to the emergence of safer and more effective drugs such as, for example, benzodiazepines and drug inhibitors. serotonin reuptake, which are the most indicated drugs for the treatment of GAD.
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