Benzodiazepine drugs can be effective at reducing anxiety but they can also prove addictive.
A popular form of anxiety drugs use the same potentially addictive ‘reward pathways’ in the brain as heroin and cannabis, scientists have warned. Researchers from Switzerland and the U.S found benzodiazepine drugs such as Valium and Xanax exert a calming effect by boosting the action of a neurotransmitter.
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