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Alprazolam


Can you tell me what the number on the back of tablet denotes? In your photo image  it shows a 27 and I saw a  31....mine shows a 29. I'm just curious.
by Debbie Midkiff in Barboursville, WV, 04/01/2008

Drug testing


How many mg of a drug like Alprazolam is in the content of a UA result indicates 241 ng/ml?
by Jack Robinson in Gilbert, AZ, 06/20/2007

Discontinuing Alprazolam


dear sir(s), I am taking alprazolam daily (0.25 -0.5)mg for the last 3 years. Whenever I try to discontinue I tend to get onset of anxiety along with insomnia. Though I can pull on with a dosage of 0.25 mg daily, an additional dose of 0.25mg makes me ...
by Arun Prabhu in INDIA, 09/17/2006

Alprazolam
Alprazolam (Xanax)
Alprazolam
(al- PRAYZ-oh-lam)
Pregnancy Category: D Alprazolam Intensol Alti-Alprazolam Apo-Alpraz Gen-Alprazolam Novo-Alprazol Nu-Alpraz Xanax Xanax TS (C-IV) (Rx)

Classification: Antianxiety agent

See Also: See also Tranquilizers/Antimanic Drugs/Hypnotics.

Action/Kinetics: Peak plasma levels: PO, 8-37 ng/mL after 1-2 hr. t 1/2: 12-15 hr. 80% plasma protein bound. Metabolized to alpha-hydroxyalprazolam, an active metabolite. t 1/2: 12-15 hr. Excreted in urine.

Uses: Anxiety. Anxiety associated with depression with or without agoraphobia. Investigational: Agoraphobia with social phobia, depression, PMS.

Contraindications: Use with itraconazole or ketoconazole.

Additional Drug Interactions: Azole antifungal drugs, clarithromycin, erythromycin, protease inhibitors or serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors decrease the metabolism of alprazolam. Decrease the dose of alprazolam by 50% to 75%.
Possible lethargy and disorientation when combined with kava kava.

How Supplied: Intensol: 1 mg/mL; Tablet: 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg

Dosage
?Tablets Anxiety disorder.
Adults, initial: 0.25-0.5 mg t.i.d.; then, titrate to needs of client, with total daily dosage not to exceed 4 mg. In elderly or debilitated: initial; 0.25 mg b.i.d.-t.i.d.; then, adjust dosage to needs of client.
Antipanic agent.
Adults: 0.5 mg t.i.d.; increase dose as needed up to a maximum of 10 mg/day.
Agoraphobia with social phobia.
Adults: 2-8 mg/day.
PMS.
0.25 mg t.i.d.

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Denise, Temecula, CA. - 03/19/2009

Alprazolam has been helping me with my anxiety for seven years. The drug has been a godsend for me since I was 16 years old when I started to suffer from anxiety. My doctor has me take 1 mg a day and I have never had any side effects. It also seems to be helping with my fibromyalgia. I’m told it can be habit forming. Since I cannot take the chance of not being able to take it all, however, I will never take more than what my doctor suggests I take.

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Christi, Mascotte, Florida - 04/01/2008

My doctor prescribed .5 mg of Alprazolam to be taken once or twice a day, as I needed them. I started to take them only about once a month but eventually began to take one each week and ultimately one a day. Since I’d rather not take them, I switched to ½ a pill a day. That seemed to work pretty well so I tried ¼ of a tablet, which did not work. When I don’t take ½ a pill a day, I feel numbness and pain in my left arm. As soon as I take my ½ pill I feel much better, however unless I can find some other way to control my anxiety I may never be able to stop taking them.

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