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alprazolam

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alprazolam /al·pra·zo·lam/ (al-pra´zo-lam) a benzodiazepine used as an antianxiety agent.
al·pra·zo·lam (l-prz-lm)
n.
A benzodiazepine tranquilizer that is used in the management of anxiety disorders.

alprazolam (alprāz´lam´),
n brand names: Xanax, Apo-Alpraz, Novo-Alprazol, Nu-Alpraz;
drug class: benzodiazepine (Controlled Substance Schedule IV);
action: produces CNS depression;
uses: anxiety, panic disorders, anxiety with depressive symptoms.

alprazolam
a benzodiazepine tranquilizer used as an anxiolytic.

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Benzodiazepines include clonazepam, which is used for social phobia and GAD; alprazolam, which is helpful for panic disorder and GAD; and lorazepam, which is also useful for panic disorder.
Delavirdine should not be taken with the following: alprazolam (Xanax), midazolam (Versed), triazolam (Halcion), carbamazipine (Carbatrol, Tegretol, Tegretol XR), phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), cisapride (Propulsid), cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid), nizatidine (Axid), ranitidine (Zantac), rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane) or rifabutin (Mycobutin).
Folts -- whose animal experiments in the mid-1970s showed that aspirin could prevent the arterial blood clots that lead to heart attacks -- now reports animal results suggesting that alprazolam adds to aspirin's ability to stave off such clots.
 
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