Xanax 2mg Overview

Xanax 2mg is used to treat anxiety disorders and anxiety caused by depression. Xanax is also used to treat panic disorders with or without a fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment.

One dose of Xanax can last anywhere from 31 hours to 134.5 hours (5.6 days) in the body, depending on factors related to the individual who took it. However, the calming, relaxing, and sedative effects of Xanax usually wear off within about eight to twelve hours.

How it works

• Xanax is a brand (trade) name for alprazolam. Alprazolam may be used in the treatment of anxiety and other mood-type disorders. It may also be given for its calming and sedative properties.
• Experts aren’t sure exactly how Xanax works to stabilize mood but experts suggest it may enhance the activity of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), an inhibitory neurotransmitter, in the brain. This produces hypnosis (a trancelike state).
• Xanax belongs to the class of medicines known as benzodiazepines.

Benefits of Xanax 2mg

• May be used to help manage the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder or for the short-term relief of symptoms of anxiety. May help the symptoms of anxiety associated with depression.
• May be used for the treatment of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia (agoraphobia is a fear of places or situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment).
• Xanax is available as an immediate-release tablet and an extended-release tablet.
• Available in four strengths: 0.25mg, 0.5mg, 1mg, and 2mg.
• Xanax is available as a generic under the name alprazolam.

Side Effects

If you are between the ages of 18 and 60, take no other medication or have no other medical conditions, side effects you are more likely to experience when taking Xanax 2mg include:

• Drowsiness and unsteadiness upon standing, increasing the risk of falls.
• May impair reaction skills and affect a person’s ability to drive or operate machinery. Avoid alcohol.
• Blood pressure-lowering, heart palpitations, constipation, nausea, dry mouth, headache, and a decrease in libido are also commonly reported side effects.
• Xanax is potentially addictive and may cause emotional or physical dependence that may lead to overdose or death. Before prescribing Xanax assess a person’s risk for abuse, misuse, and addiction.
• Withdrawal symptoms (including convulsions, tremors, cramps, vomiting, sweating, or insomnia) may occur with abrupt discontinuation; taper off slowly over several months under a doctor’s supervision.
• Smokers may have less of a response to Xanax. The dosage of Xanax may need to be reduced in those with liver disease.
• Although Xanax has been used off-label (not an FDA-approved use but still a common use) in the past to aid sleep, it should not be promoted for this purpose unless there is no other alternative. Benzodiazepines such as Xanax reduce the duration of deep or slow-wave sleep, (which correlates to how refreshed you feel in the morning) and are also associated with addiction, dependence, and tolerances (where progressively larger dosages of the same drug are needed to obtain the same effect). Abrupt discontinuation of Xanax, when used for sleep, has been associated with rebound insomnia that may be worse than the initial sleeping problem.