Buspar
Designed to support emotional calmness to manage chronic anxiety without inducing significant physical sedation.
- Category
- Mental Health
- Active ingredient
- Buspirone
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 5mg · 10mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent of Buspar, depending on stock.
Prescription and consultation requirements for Buspar vary by destination and are determined by the fulfilment partner.
Buspar details
- Condition
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Alternative names
- buspirone
- Therapeutic class
- Azapirone Anxiolytic
- Pharmacological class
- Serotonin 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist
- Known off-label uses
- depression adjunct
- Contraindications
- severe hepatic or renal impairment; concurrent use of MAO inhibitors
- Minor side effects
- dizziness; nausea; headache
- Moderate side effects
- nervousness; excitement; insomnia
- Serious side effects
- serotonin syndrome, requires immediate medical attention
- Dosage forms
- Tablet
- Administration route
- Oral use
- Supply category
- Prescription-only medicine (POM)
- Originator
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- 8–12 hours
- Storage instructions
- Store below 25°C.
- Drug interactions
- MAO Inhibitors; Grapefruit; Erythromycin
- Age restrictions
- Approved for adults over eighteen years.
Patient summary
designed to support emotional calmness to manage chronic anxiety without inducing significant physical sedation.
Mechanism of action
Acts as a selective partial agonist at central 5-HT1A receptors, modulating serotonin transmission in critical brain pathways.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
TGA Category B: Generally safe based on animal studies. Breastfeeding: Consult a clinician.
What you will receive
Buspar is the originator brand name, made by Bristol-Myers Squibb. We use it to identify the medicine and are not affiliated with Bristol-Myers Squibb.
- The fulfilment partner confirms whether the exact brand or an equivalent containing Buspirone is offered.
- The offered brand, manufacturer and dispatch location depend on the product, destination and partner warehouse.
- Check the final product details at checkout before confirming an order.