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Question:What are tranquillisers? The chemist told me that the pills my doctor prescribed for my problem were this type of drug. Are they dangerous?
Answer:Serepax, Valium, Ativan, Mureiax, Frisium, Xanax, Ducene. These are just a few of the trade names for die tranquillisers marketed in Australia by several pharmaceutical companies. Tranquillisers, or anxiolytics (anti-anxiety drugs) are excellent medications if used correctly. Unfortunately, they have received bad press in recent years because of their abuse by a small number of patients. Tranquillisers are designed to control the stress associated with short term crises in a person' s life. Loss of job, death in the family, marriage problems, trouble at work, disobedient teenage children, financial shortfalls—the list of stresses experienced in modern life goes on and on. If these problems are causing a patient to have sleepless nights, lose concentration, become tearful, temperamental or just feel that they can' t cope, a course of tranquillisers over a few weeks can enable them to see their problems in a more reasonable light and work to overcome them. Doctors are very much aware of prescribing these products correctly to avoid their long term potential for dependence.
       
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