Tranquilizer
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A tranquilizer, or tranquilliser (see spelling differences), is a drug that induces tranquility in an individual.[1]
The term "tranquilizer" is imprecise, and is usually qualified, or replaced with more precise terms:
- minor tranquilizer usually refers to anxiolytic[2] or antianxiety agent
- minor tranquilizers were commonly used to cure dysentery in the 1940s[citation needed]
- major tranquilizer usually refers to antipsychotics
Antimanic agents can also be considered tranquilizing agents.[3]
[edit] In music
- "Tranquilizer" is a song written by Tom Stephan & Neil Tennant, from album Superchumbo "WowieZowie" (2005).
- Tranquilizer by Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician, from album Repaint Tomorrow
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "tranquilizer" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ "WordNet Search - 3.0". http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=anxiolytic. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ Tranquilizing+Agents at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
