PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS OF PANIC AND ANXIETY USING BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST AND MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST COMBINATIONS

摘要

The present invention is focused primarily toward pro re nata ("as needed") treatments for the symptoms of panic and anxiety. The present invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions as combination therapies containing at least one beta adrenergic receptor antagonist and at least one muscarinic receptor antagonist. The invention provides a method for treating panic attack, panic disorder, anxiety, or an anxiety disorder comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of a beta adrenergic receptor antagonist drug and an antiemetic muscarinic receptor antagonist drug in a therapeutically effective amount to stop or reduce the symptoms of anxiety or panic. The pharmaceutical compositions are administered as treatments immediately in advance of, at the onset of, or during an anxiety or panic episode.