Psychotoxic conditions are also established from excessive or continued use of many of the depressants. This may result in behavioral disorders, especially when the more potent of the barbiturates (the most widely abused depressants) are used.

Depressants. CNS depressants (sedatives, tranquilizers) are given to severely stressed, anxious, or erratically sleeping patients.

The report includes estimates for the market size of pour point depressants for 2015 and projected demand of the same by 2020.

He said: "I find it staggering that people can buy anti- depressants over the internet ( it is very worrying.

At the end of 2003 more than 50,000 children were being given the medication, with more than 170,000 prescriptions for anti- depressants issued to under-18s in the UK.

The anti depressants should be thought of as giving you some breathing space to try to find out the underlying causes.

A new report reveals a 116 per cent rise in five years in the use of anti- depressants such as Prozac.