Alprazolamdrug info
alprazolam 2 MG Oral Tablet [Xanax]
What it is used for
XANAX is indicated for the:
acute treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults.
treatment of panic disorder (PD), with or without agoraphobia in adults. XANAX is a benzodiazepine indicated for the:
Acute treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in adults.
Treatment of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in adults.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective January 18, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
XANAX contains alprazolam which is a triazolo analog of the 1,4 benzodiazepine class of central nervous system-active compounds. The chemical name of alprazolam is 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4,3-α] [1,4] benzodiazepine.
The structural formula is: Alprazolam is a white crystalline powder, which is soluble in methanol or ethanol but which has no appreciable solubility in water at physiological pH. Each XANAX tablet, for oral administration, contains 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, or 2 mg of alprazolam.
Inactive ingredients: cellulose, corn starch, docusate sodium, lactose, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide and sodium benzoate. In addition, the 0.5 mg tablet contains FD&C Yellow No. 6 and the 1 mg tablet contains FD&C Blue No. 2. alprazolam structural formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective January 18, 2023. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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