Xanax Addiction?!


Question: Xanax Addiction!?
Can you become addicted to Xanax if you have been taking 0!.5mg daily for 6 months!? If so, what is the withdrawal like!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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For six months, yes!. Your anxiety will come back and feel worse than before!. If it is possible, stay on the medication!. If it helps you, then there is no reason to go off of the medication!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You can become addicted!. My friend became addicted to Xanax 1mg XR meaning it was released for 12 hours a day!. She was only getting !.083 mgs released per hour!. Withdrawl will not be horrible if you taper off your dosage!. It will not be perfect, you will most likely feel how you did before if you had bad anxiety!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes, you could become addicted in 6 months!. As long as you taper down slowly when discontinuing, however, you will likely experience little or no withdrawal symptoms!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Xanax Addiction and Treatment
Xanax is a Central Nervous System (CNA) depressant known as benzodiazepine, which is commonly prescribed by physicians to treat panic attacks, nervousness, and tension!. Xanax, also known as alprazolam, is considered to be a Schedule IV controlled substance under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA)!. Xanax has been used as a tranquilizer since the 1960s!. With strong opposition to the use of benzodiazepines in the 1970s, there was a 25 percent drop in the number of prescriptions written and today, with approximately 3 million Americans (1!.6% of the adult population) having used benzodiazepine on a daily basis for at least 12 months, they are the most controversial of all psychotropic medicines!.1,2,3

According to the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and under the CSA, all controlled substances are rated on a five-schedule system!. Schedule V, the lowest, for the potential for abuse and dependency and I, the highest!. Xanax is a Schedule IV!. All Schedule IV controlled substances have the following attributes: a low potential for abuse, a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and if abused, may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence!. Other examples of drugs included in schedule IV are Darvon?, Talwin?, Equanil?, Valium?, and Xanax?4!.

Although there are many benefits to taking Xanax and other Schedule IV drugs, many patients are becoming addicted and therefore require an intervention and drug treatment program to overcome their addictions!. The patient



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