Alprazolam
Alprazolam is one of the benzodiazepines, a bioactive ingredient of some medicaments. Better known under its trade names: Xanax, Apo-Alpraz, Niravam. Long-term use leads to dependency and abrupt discontinuation causes severe withdrawal syndromes. From this reason treatment with alprazolam should be carried carefully.
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Trade
Trade & street names | alprazolam |
Products | Among commercial products alprazolam occurs as an ingredient of many medicaments, e.g.:
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Medical info
Class | depressant |
Medical use | antianxiety, sedative, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, muscle relaxant |
Routes | oral, injected |
Effects of use | slurred speech, disorientation, drunken behavior without odor of alcohol, impaired memory of events, interacts with alcohol |
Effects of overdose | mental confusion, hypotension, dizziness, deathshallow respiration, clammy skin, dilated pupils, weak and rapid pulse, coma, possible death |
Withdrawal effects | anxiety, insomnia, tremors, dellrium, convulsions, possible death |
Onset | ? |
Duration of action | 1-8 hours |
Chemistry
Chemical name | 8-chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-α][1,4]benzodiazepine |
Chemical formula | C17H13ClN4 |
Molecular mass | 308.765 g/mol |
