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BuSpar

BuSpar

1 7.4
A medicine for anxiety that contains buspirone
  • noun
  • /ˈbjuːˌspɑːr/
  • Specialized
: BuSpar
  • The cases against Bristol-Myers Squibb concerned allegedly illegal tactics to prevent generic versions of the anti-anxiety drug BuSpar.
  • BuSpar (buspirone)
  • a drug called BuSpar
  • an anti-anxiety drug BuSpar

Examples

  • After starting BuSpar, he noticed a significant reduction in his anxiety symptoms.

  • I took a look at the public info on Buspar at the FDA's website.

    Blog text (1)

  • - She was on BuSpar and clonazepam and I recently prescribed Risperdal.

    The Invasion (2007)

  • BMS's NDA for Buspar was clearly substandard.

    Blog text (1)

  • That complaint, now in multidistrict litigation in federal court, alleges the drug company filed an improper patent to extend its monopoly on BuSpar, a very profitable and widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication.

    Academic text (2002)

  • She would come in every month to pick up her BuSpar prescription for her anxiety.

  • The doctor recommended BuSpar to help manage the patient's anxiety disorder.

Synonyms

buspirone
vsBuSpar
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A medicine used to treat anxiety

is the trademarked brand form of that same active drug

Surface Forms

BuSpar singular
BuSpars plural

Etymology

BuSpar comes from the drug name buspirone and is a brand name for that medicine. A helpful way to remember it is to think of BuSpar as the short, easy name for the drug used 'to treat anxiety', so the name points to this anti-anxiety medication.