Tranquilizer is a kind of drug which is used to reduce anxiety, tension, agitation, fear and related disturbed mental states. Antipsychotic agents or neuroleptics which are well known as major tranquilizer used to treat schizophrenia and other psychoses such as, phenothiazines and chlorpromazine. This kind of drug is given to block the activity of the Neurotransmitter Dopamine of the brain.
Anxiolytics or minor tranquilizers are used to treat tension and anxiety. The minor tranquilizers are diazepam (valium) and chlordiazepoxide (Librium) which have a calming effect on both physically and psychologically by improving the action of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) in brain.
Anxiolytics or minor tranquilizers are used to treat tension and anxiety. The minor tranquilizers are diazepam (valium) and chlordiazepoxide (Librium) which have a calming effect on both physically and psychologically by improving the action of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) in brain.
