Why Is Zanax Prescribed

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The main medical uses for alprazolam include:

* Alprazolam is FDA-approved for the short term treatment (up to 8 weeks) of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia. Alprazolam is very effective in preventing moderate to severe anxiety, essential tremor, panic attacks and other types of convulsive behaviors. Physicians who elect to prescribe alprazolam for longer than 8 weeks should be aware that continued efficacy has not been systematically demonstrated beyond 8 weeks use as tolerance to alprazolam's effects may occur after 8 weeks and necessitate discontinuation or physician-directed dose escalation.[10] However, long-term maintenance therapy on alprazolam is not unheard-of in the medical community, and, if a genuine therapeutic need exists, benefits must be weighed against risks.

* Alprazolam is recommended for the short-term treatment (2-4 weeks) of severe acute anxiety. Alprazolam should only very rarely be used for longer periods of time -- the body becomes rapidly tolerant to the drug's effects, which may translate to decreased efficacy.[11][12] Decreased efficacy can lead to dose escalation, and the use of high doses puts the patient at higher risk for withdrawal if the drug is discontinued suddenly.

* However, in 1992 Romach and colleagues reported that dose escalation was not a characteristic of long-term alprazolam users, and the majority of patients indicated that alprazolam continued to be effective.[13] A 2003 study did not support the hypothesis that long-term use of benzodiazepines frequently results in notable dose escalation.[14]In a 1-year follow-up study of patients with panic disorder continuing treatment with clonazepam, 90% maintained a positive response without developing significant tolerance. In a 2.5-year follow-up study of alprazolam therapy, little evidence of tolerance emerged.[15]

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Xanax is an antianxiety medication. It is prescribed to treat nervous disorders, panic attacks and similar conditions.

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I have been taking Xanax since 1998. 4Mg tabs 4x's a day. I will advise people of this, if you are prescribed these and your Dr. takes you off without weaning, you will be really sorry. I went into convulsions and thought I was going to die. It was like I was about to go into a comma. Later I found out that yes indeed, I could have went into a comma and would have died, had not the Dr. finally gave them back to me. I can still remember the day when someone told me I would be sorry when I started taking them, and he wasn't kidding one bit. They are highly addictive, and very hard to getoff of even after short term usage. User Beware!!!

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