Initiate Treatment with Benzodiazepine
If prompt relief is needed, administration of benzodiazepines is recommended. Longer half-life medications (e.g., clonazepam and lorazepam [Ativan]) provide more continuous control of anxiety symptoms and thus are more desirable in terms of preventing anxiety symptoms (e.g., PD, GAD, PTSD). Shorter half-life medications (e.g., alprazolam) are more helpful for situational anxiety (e.g., acute panic attack, social phobia, specific phobias).
Sarah J. Thompson, MD
Online Diagnosis of Symptoms and Medical Diseases Online Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders
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