xanax

[ronniechoate34]

Who says that it was formulated only to treat anxiety?

 

[Christ_empowered]

Doctors can prescribe pretty much anything for any reason, when they think that the patient will benefit. Its "off-label" prescribing.

I can't imagine xanax being that useful for much besides anxiety and sleep. It starts to work quickly, doesn't last long, and is one of the strongest tranquilizers on the market. Anxiety in between doses is a major problem, as is gradual (sometimes not so gradual) increase in dosage to maintain effect. There's a once-daily Xanax XR now for daylong sedation, but I don't think its very popular.

 

[Mike]

I think Xanax should be much more controlled, because lay-people don't know what they're dealing with. The dependence and then withdrawal is brutal. To think decades ago it was over-the-counter, and people had it sitting in their living rooms in jars is mind boggling.

Xanax has a very short half-life, so when dependence on it is achieved, it doesn't take long for the body to start craving it. At certain doses, it's dangerous to quit. Seizures are not uncommon as the body does without what it has come to accommodate itself to. Too many people take Xanax without knowing what they are doing to their bodies. Don't start taking it, unless you have exhausted other options.

 

[jasoncran]

on a side note.. and its on topic.my wife has insomonia like most with bipolar and depression. so she takes ambien cr with a natural sumplement to sleep. when she cant sleep she will go smorgasborg and try them all at once(all say five types of pills at once) and once she did that with at least thirty pills.

i didnt phase the liver aka blood strainer. a miracle she lived and she neither got any rest. zanax, nasty for her. seizures etc.