ANTI-ANXIETY DRUGS- BENZODIAZEPINES

• What are benzodiazepines used to do?

  reduce anxiety
• what do benzodiazepines do?

  slow down the activity of the central nervous system by enhancing the activity of the neurotransmitter GABA - this has a quietening effect on lots of neurons in the brain
• give an example of a benzodiazepine?

  valium
• what is the neurotransmitter GABA?

  Gamma-aminobutric acid