Emerging drugs for panic disorder

INTRODUCTION: Panic disorder (PD) is a common anxiety disorder impairing strongly quality of life with high social costs. Effective anti-panic medications exist but a substantial proportion of patients do not fully respond, the available drugs have several side effects and most medications have a delayed onset of their therapeutic effect. Thus, further advances are needed. AREAS COVERED: We review available data on emerging drugs for the treatment of PD including those in development, such as metabotropic glutamate II receptor agonists,