As you may have read, Anabel.al reported a few hours ago that many people turned to pharmacies for painkillers after the anxiety and stress of the November 26th natural disaster. One pharmacist, just before her, approached @anabel_hostel to raise concerns that people are seeking anxiolytics such as alprazolam (Xanax), diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Titus), drugs that enter the group. Benzodiazepines and should not be consumed without a doctor's prescription. With what can they be replaced?
Megi Kociaj, who has completed her neuroscience studies at King's College London and is the founder of the blog @Bananaditar (blog on mental health and wellbeing), points out in an Instagram video that such drugs cause irreparable damage to the body. "First they create addiction and second they change the structure of some receptors in the brain, so the only way they are given is by a doctor's prescription. In places like the United Kingdom they are no longer given to treat anxiety, but only to treat problems like epilepsy for example, ?says Meg.
According to her, such medications can be replaced with teas, such as mountain tea and chamomile tea. Follow the full video with other necessary details below.
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