Why Anxiety Drugs are Addictive
- Author
- Dr.Joseph Mercola
- Published
- Thu 04 Mar 2010
- Episode Link
- https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/04/why-anxiety-drugs-are-addictive.aspx
Valium-like drugs use the same potentially addictive "reward pathways" in the brain as heroin and cannabis, according to new research.
Researchers found that so-called benzodiazepine drugs, such as Ativan, Xanax and Valium, exert a calming effect ...
