Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Thomas P Dooley

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• Review Article
  Treatment of Anxiety Prior to a Medical Procedure using an Atenolol - Scopolamine Combination Drug
  Author(s): Thomas TY and Thomas P DooleyThomas TY and Thomas P Dooley
  
  Objective: Patients often experience anxiety in anticipation of medical procedures. A new class of anti-anxiety medications, PanX®, has been developed as alternatives to benzodiazepines, and is combinations of beta blockers and antimuscarinic motion sickness agents. An atenolol - scopolamine HBr drug combination was tested in an open label physician-sponsored study in patients experiencing anxiety in anticipation of a medical procedure. Methods: Eight patients were assessed in a pain management clinic. They experienced anxiety prior to an electromyography procedure and consented to a physician-sponsored study using a compounded medication of atenolol - scopolamine HBr delivered by the oral mucosal route. A pair of questionnaires assessed their overall level of anxiety and their individual symptoms of anxiety prior to the anxiolytic treatme.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1044.1000303

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