They are prescribed by doctors to relieve stress and anxiety and to help people sleep. Some minor tranquilizers are also used to treat epilepsy, to relax muscles, to help people withdraw from alcohol, or as an anaesthetic before surgery.
Some people use minor tranquilizers just to get intoxicated.
Minor tranquilizers are usually used in capsule or tablet form. They are sold under many different names, some of the most common minor tranquilizers are. These drugs are called minor tranquilizers to differentiate them from major tranquilizers which are used to treat psychiatric problems such as schizophrenia. The term minor does not mean that these drugs are less powerful, it simply indicates that they are different types of drugs. Minor tranquilizers are depressant drugs.