Replace Anti-Anxiety Medications with Medical Cannabis in Los Angeles

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Replace Anti-Anxiety Medications with Medical Cannabis in Los Angeles Anxiety affects nearly 40 million people in the US. This points at the immense scale of problems that we have. Talking about the treatment, there are multiple options available. Opioid based drugs are particularly popular. But they have harmful side effects. Luckily, you can use medical cannabis in Los Angeles to combat anxiety issues.

Anti-anxiety Medications Presently, anti-anxiety medications consist of the following:

1) Antidepressants

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) are a class of antidepressants which are widely used in treating anxiety issues. The common SSRIs include citalopram, paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, and escitalopram. Other antidepressants include SNRIs and TCAs. SSRIs and SNRIs basically act on brain chemicals serotonin and norepinephrine. One major disadvantage of taking these medications is that they need to be ingested daily whether you have anxiety on that day or not.


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