The word anxiolytic comes from the Latin "anxius" which means "distressed", the anxiolytic is a drug with action that depresses the central nervous system, intended to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of anxiety that is a function related to survival, along with fear, anger, sadness or happiness. The anti - anxiety medication is the one that alleviates or eliminates the symptom of anxiety without causing sedation or sleep.
In the area of anxiolytic medication there is a trend that the effect is considered as one of the first progressive steps such as that of anxiolytic which is a medication, hypnotics is a psychoactive psychotropic drug that produces heaviness and sleep, sedation is a chemical substance that depresses the central nervous system, these components can cause the person to go into a coma or even die.
The anxiolytic drug also relates to different types of drugs such as barbiturates, meprobamate and benzodiazepine containing the same elements of the anxiolytic drug.
This concept is based on the reality imposed by the historical development of drugs;
the barbiturates medicine are derivatives delácido barbiturate is an organic compound based on the structure of pyrimidine which acts as a sedative of the central nervous system that produces a broad outline of effects that can be from a mild sedation to a total anesthesia.
The meprobamate is a chemical derivative of carbonates which is an organic compound which is considered a depressor the central nervous system (CNS) containing similar properties of barbiturates.
The benzodiazepine is used for medicine therapies anxiety, insomnia and other effective states such as epilepsy, alcohol withdrawal and muscle spasms.
