Xanax contains alprazolam as its active ingredient along with auxiliary components. The medication is formulated in tablet form.
Drug Name:
Xanax (Alprazolam)
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Indications for Usage
This tranquilizer is prescribed to address conditions such as anxiety and neuroses, characterized by:
- feelings of unease
- tension
- danger
- insomnia
- irritability
- psychosomatic disorders.
Xanax alprazolam is efficacious in mitigating neurotic reactive depression, anxiety-related depression accompanied by mood deterioration, decreased interest in one's surroundings, and appetite reduction. It also serves to alleviate panic disorders, both with and without associated phobias.
Mechanism of Action
Xanax alprazolam is classified as an anxiolytic drug and is a derivative of triazolo-benzodiazepine. Cheap Xanax exhibits multiple actions, including anti-anxiety, sedative, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, and muscle relaxant effects. The medication possesses the capacity to reduce excitability in subcortical brain structures such as the limbic system, thalamus, and hypothalamus, thereby inhibiting polysynaptic spinal reflexes.
Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Effects
Xanax alprazolam exerts a pronounced anxiolytic effect, diminishing emotional strain, decreasing anxiety, fear, and uneasiness. Additionally, it yields a mild hypnotic impact, shortening the time needed to fall asleep, extending the duration of sleep, and reducing mid-sleep awakenings. The medication diminishes the influence of stimuli on the central nervous system—both emotional and autonomic—that may hinder the process of falling asleep.
Drug Contraindications
The usage of Xanax without prescription is contraindicated for individuals with allergies to benzodiazepines, myasthenia, angle-closure glaucoma, acute alcohol or opioid intoxication, and use of analgesics, hypnotics, or psychotropics. It should also be avoided in cases of shock or coma. Generic Xanax is not recommended for those with chronic obstructive respiratory diseases or severe forms of depression.
Usage during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
The medication poses a risk to the fetus, increasing the likelihood of malformations during the first trimester, contributing to addiction in the second trimester, and inhibiting the central nervous system's development in the third trimester. Xanax can be found in breast milk.
Administration and Dosage
The appropriate dosage of generic Xanax is determined on an individual basis. If a dose adjustment is needed, one can buy Xanax online and begin by increasing the evening dose before raising the daily dose. Typically, the initial dosage is around 250-300 mg three times a day, and the maximum allowable escalation can reach up to 450 mg daily. The maintenance dose generally ranges from 500 to 750 mg per day.
When discontinuing or reducing the dosage, a gradual tapering approach is recommended to avoid the so-called "withdrawal effect." Decreasing the dose by 500 mg every three days or at an even slower pace is advised.
Overdose
An overdose can result in a depressed state of consciousness, weakness, bradycardia, drowsiness, respiratory failure, reduced reflexes, and even coma. Immediate gastric lavage and the administration of sorbents are recommended as swift responses.
Side Effects
In the initial stages of treatment, some common side effects may manifest, including sleepiness, confusion, weakness, ataxia, tremors, myasthenia gravis, decreased memory, impaired concentration, and a lowered mood. In certain cases, paradoxical reactions have been observed, involving an intensification of symptoms that the drug was intended to alleviate. Occasionally, tachycardia and low blood pressure have been reported. Patients might also experience dyspepsia and allergic reactions.