"Tranquilizing Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A traditional grouping of drugs said to have a soothing or calming effect on mood, thought, or behavior. Included here are the ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS (minor tranquilizers), ANTIMANIC AGENTS, and the ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS (major tranquilizers). These drugs act by different mechanisms and are used for different therapeutic purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014149
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.277.950 D27.505.954.427.210.950 D27.505.954.427.700.872
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| Concept/Terms |
Tranquilizing Agents- Tranquilizing Agents
- Agents, Tranquilizing
- Tranquilizing Drugs
- Drugs, Tranquilizing
- Tranquillizing Drugs
- Drugs, Tranquillizing
- Ataractics
- Tranquillizing Agents
- Agents, Tranquillizing
Tranquilizing Effect- Tranquilizing Effect
- Effect, Tranquilizing
- Tranquilizing Effects
- Effects, Tranquilizing
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tranquilizing Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Craving Moderates the Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Anger in Response to Social Stress Among Veterans With Co-Occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Jul-Aug 01; 41(4):465-469.
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Patterns of illegal drug use among an adult alcohol dependent population: results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Jan 15; 106(2-3):119-25.
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A rational approach to anaesthetic premedication. Drugs. 1989 Feb; 37(2):219-28.
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Unrecognized prevalence of panic disorder in primary care, internal medicine and cardiology. Am J Cardiol. 1987 Dec 28; 60(18):39J-47J.
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[Dissociative state in rats induced by ethanol and possibilities of the pharmacological correction of this phenomenon]. Biull Eksp Biol Med. 1987 Aug; 104(8):187-9.