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Her anxiolytic is working - but she's alert, functioning, and at no risk of a benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome when therapy ends. That's efficacy! Effective choice for anxiety Buspar (buspirone HCl) for a different kind of calm. Buspar cuts the link between efficacy and CNS-depressant effects. Buspar relieves anxiety and returns your patient to normal activity. …with not more drowsiness (10%) than induced by placebo (9%)…without significant cognitive or functional impairment…without a benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome on discontinuation. Well tolerated. The more commonly observed untoward events associated with the use of Buspar not seen at an equivalent incidence among placebo-treated patients include dizziness (12%), nausea (8%), headache (6%), nervousness (5%), lightheadedness (3%), and excitement (2%). |
