| abstract |
Systems and methods for attenuating a panic attack are provided. Such methods can comprise steps of delivering a drug to a subject such that the drug forms a depot beneath a skin surface, wherein the drug is suitable for attenuating a panic attack if delivered in a pharmaceutically effective amount into systemic circulation of the subject; and applying heat to the skin surface when the subject experiences an onset of the panic attack, thereby causing the pharmaceutically effective amount of the drug to rapidly enter systemic circulation from the depot. |