A Comparison of Benzodiazepine Drugs and the Amino Acid L-theanine

Stress and anxiety are commonplace for many Americans—and there is a class of medications known as benzodiazepines that are widely prescribed for anxiety. In fact, hundreds of millions of prescriptions for benzodiazepines are written every year.1 L-theanine (gamma-ethyl-amino-L-glutamic acid) is a neurologically active amino acid, which is also used for stress and anxiety.2 While benzodiazepines ...