Intermediate-acting agents (alprazolam, lorazepam) show their effectiveness for 10 to 20 hours ... prescribed benzodiazepine anti-anxiety medications. These drugs act on gamma-aminobutryric ...

A scientist at the Salk Institute in La Jolla is hoping to develop a new anti-anxiety drug that would help you "focus, breathe and center." Dr. Sung Han, an associate professor at Salk, refers to ...

The scientific development’s potential is huge, according to Han. It could mean the creation of new anti-anxiety drugs that are much more targeted than the ones currently available — and ...

Common anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax and Lexapro target multiple ... The research, and ensuing clinical trials, could take as much as 10 years, he says. And nothing is for certain.

New research suggests that it could be possible to separate treatment from hallucinations when developing new drugs based on psychedelics. The anti-anxiety andhallucination-inducing qualities of ...