When you're in the hospital, and your having an anxiety attack, or what have you, the doctor gives you a drug(not a tranquilizer) to help you calm down, or to take the edge off. When you feel it coming on, you ask your doctor for a ______, and then state why you need it.
I can't remember what you call them.. It's not called a 'preventative'.. I keep thinking, and the harder I try to remember, the further back in my mind it goes!
Anyone have any ideas what its called?
2007-10-11 15:48:23 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
No, it's not called a sedative.. I mean, thats what it so, but thats not the particular word I'm looking for.
I know that the drug given is suppose to prevent the anxiety attack (or what have you) from getting worse in the moment. It's not something you take consistantly.. Just in the moment.
2007-10-11 16:04:12 · update #1
thats what its for*
2007-10-11 16:05:18 · update #2
Mind you, it's not the name of the drug used I'm looking for..
2007-10-11 16:10:55 · update #3
AHA! It's called a PRN!
Pro re nata is a Latin phrase that literally means "for the thing born". It is commonly used in medicine to mean "as needed" or "as the situation arises."
Thank you everyone for your help.
2007-10-11 17:28:11 · update #4
Ativan?
2007-10-11 16:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Dylsierra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sedative?
2007-10-11 22:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by majnun99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They normally give you something like GEODON if you are having one to calm you.
The drugs a doctor prescribes you when you go see him are called antianxiety drugs.
2007-10-12 00:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the word that you are thinking is: sedative.
2007-10-11 22:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by tranquil 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beta blocker?
Anti depressant?
2007-10-11 23:16:44 · answer #5 · answered by hope 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be buspar or valum
2007-10-11 23:07:29 · answer #6 · answered by bittywrap 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
xanax?
2007-10-11 22:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by lambchops5151 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋