Possibilities of using Tanakan ® in therapy for generalized anxiety syndrome
https://doi.org/10.14412/2074-2711-2010-92
Abstract
The review considers the treatment of anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety and the anxious variant of adaptation disorders) with Tanakan® that is a standardized gingko biloba extract. The successful use of the drug in moderate anxiety states in elderly patients having cognitive disorders of cerebrovascular nature is now beyond question. However, the pronounced stimulating effect of Tanakan® requires that caution should be exercised when giving it in anxiety syndrome.
About the Author
D. Yu. Veltishchev
Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Russian Agency for Health Care
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Veltishchev D.Yu. Possibilities of using Tanakan ® in therapy for generalized anxiety syndrome. Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Psychosomatics. 2010;2(2):88-91. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14412/2074-2711-2010-92
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