Editing Buspirone (section)

===Anxiety===
Buspirone is used for the short-term and long-term treatment of [[anxiety disorder]]s or symptoms of anxiety.<ref name=DM>{{cite web|title=Buspirone HCL (buspirone hydrochloride) tablet [Watson Laboratories, Inc.]|work=DailyMed|publisher=Watson Laboratories, Inc.|date=July 2013|access-date=14 November 2013|url=http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=a3fe0ccd-565f-4d0a-a7ba-2fad7a819358}}</ref><ref name=TGA>{{cite web|title=Buspar (buspirone hydrochloride) Tablets 5 mg & 10 mg PRODUCT INFORMATION|work=TGA eBusiness Services|publisher=Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd|date=January 2010|access-date=14 November 2013|url=https://www.ebs.tga.gov.au/ebs/picmi/picmirepository.nsf/pdf?OpenAgent&id=CP-2010-PI-03962-3|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name=AMH>{{cite book | title=Australian Medicines Handbook | year=2013 | publisher=The Australian Medicines Handbook Unit Trust | isbn=978-0-9805790-9-3 | edition=2013 | place=Adelaide | veditors=Rossi S }}</ref><ref name=EMC>{{cite web |title=Buspirone 10mg Tablets |work=electronic Medicines Compendium |publisher=Actavis UK Ltd |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=14 November 2013 |url=http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/23859/SPC/Buspirone+10mg+Tablets/|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113191142/http://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/medicine/23859/SPC/Buspirone+10mg+Tablets/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BNF>{{cite book | last1=Joint Formulary Committee | title=British National Formulary (BNF) | publisher=Pharmaceutical Press | pages=224 }}</ref> It is generally preferred over [[benzodiazepine]]s because it does not activate the receptors that make drugs like [[alprazolam]] addictive.<ref name=Wil2018/>

Buspirone has no immediate [[anxiolytic]] effects, and hence has a delayed [[onset of action]]; its full clinical effectiveness may require 2–4 weeks to manifest itself.<ref name="SadockSadock2014">{{cite book| vauthors=Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P |title=Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzGYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT3211|date=22 September 2014|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health |isbn=978-1-4698-8375-5|pages=3211–}}</ref> The drug is similarly effective in the treatment of [[generalized anxiety disorder]] (GAD) to benzodiazepines including [[diazepam]], alprazolam, [[lorazepam]], and [[clorazepate]].<ref name="pmid22608068" /> Buspirone is not known to be effective in the treatment of other anxiety disorders besides GAD.<ref name="pmid26535760">{{cite journal | vauthors=Howland RH | title=Buspirone: Back to the Future | journal=Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services | volume=53 | issue=11 | pages=21–24 | date=November 2015 | pmid=26535760 | doi=10.3928/02793695-20151022-01 }}</ref>