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Benzodiazepines for Social Anxiety Disorder
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Benzodiazepines are minor tranquilizers (sedatives) that prevent or reduce Reference anxiety Opens New Window, sleeplessness, muscle spasms, seizures, and other problems by slowing down the Reference central nervous system Opens New Window.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 31, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
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