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What are panic attacks?
Panic attacks may be symptoms of an anxiety disorder. These attacks are a serious health problem in the U.S. At least 20% of adult Americans, or about 60 million people, will suffer from panic attacks at some point in their lives. About 1.7% of adult Americans, or about 3 million people, will have full-blown panic disorder at some time in their lives, twice as often for women than men. The peak age at which people have their first panic attack (onset) is 15-19 years. Another fact about panic is that this symptom is strikingly different from other types of anxiety; panic attacks are so very sudden and often unexpected, appear to be unprovoked, and are often disabling.
Childhood panic disorder facts include that about 0.7% of children suffer from panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder and that although panic is found to occur twice as often in women compared to men, boys and girls tend to experience this disorder a...
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Xanax XR Drug Center
Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Xanax (alprazolam) is a benzodiazepine used as an anti-anxiety medication. Xanax is used to treat panic attacks and anxiety disorders. Xanax is available in generic form and is taken in oral tablet form. Xanax interacts with alcohol and medications (for example, alcohol, barbiturates, and narcotics) by exaggerating their slowing of activity in the brain and sedation. Other drug interactions include ketoconazole and itraconazole (Sporanox).
Benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, can cause fetal abnormalities and should not be used in pregnancy or in nursing mothers. Xanax is excreted in human milk and can affect nursing infants.
Our Xanax Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information as well as related drugs, user reviews, supplements and disease and conditions.
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The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.
Xanax XR Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
XANAX XR Tablets are indicated for the treatment of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia.
This claim is supported on the basis of two positive studies with XANAX XR conducted in patients whose diagnoses corresponded closely to the DSM-III-R/IV criteria for panic disorder (see Clinical Efficacy Trials).
Panic disorder (DSM-IV) is characterized by recurrent unexpected panic attacks, ie, a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort in which four (or more) of the following symptoms develop abruptly and reach a peak within 10 minutes: (1) palpit...
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What is Xanax XR Prescribing Information?
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What is Patient information?
Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.
Xanax XR Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
- unusual risk-taking behavior, decreased inhibitions, no fear of danger;
- depressed mood, thoughts of suicide or hurting yourself;
- hyperactivity, agitation, hostility, hallucinations;
- feeling light-headed, fainting;
- seizure (convulsions);
- urinating less than usual or not at all;/l...
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What is Consumer information?
A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.
Xanax XR Consumer Information: Uses
This medication is used to treat the panic and anxiety symptoms associated with panic disorder. Alprazolam belongs to a class of medications called benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. It works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA).
HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, usually once daily in the morning. Do not crush or chew extended-release tablets. Doing so can release all of the drug at once, increasing the risk o...
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