Medications for panic attacks, the greatest benefit that medications can provide is to enhance the patient's motivation and accelerate progress toward
facing panic and all of its repercussions. For a drug to help in this area, it must help in at least one of the two stages of panic. The first stage is
anticipatory anxiety: all the uncomfortable physical symptoms and negative thoughts that rise up as you anticipate facing panic. The second stage is
the symptoms of the panic attack itself. Both current research and clinical experience suggest that certain medications may help reduce symptoms
during one or both of these stages for some people. However, if a medication can specifically block the panic attack itself, many patients no longer
anticipate events with such anxiety and can overcome their phobias more quickly.
The primary medications for panic attacks used today for panic disorder are the benzodiazepines, several types of antidepressants and the new
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), sometimes in combination with these benzodiazepines.
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