Elderly or hepatic impairment: initially 0.5mg/day. Switching from immediate-release alprazolam: give same total daily dose of immediate-release once daily, preferably in the AM. Increased risk of ...

Alprazolam 0.25mg, 0.5mg. 1mg, 2mg; scored tabs; orange flavor. ≥18yrs: Anxiety: Initially 0.25–0.5mg three times daily. May increase at 3–4 day intervals to 4mg/day in divided doses.

Patients were assigned to mexazolam 1mg three times daily (n = 32) or alprazolam 0.5mg three times daily (n = 32) during 1 week, followed sequentially by a period of 2 weeks of reducing dosage ...

He said Xanax and other prescription drugs have increased ... "There's very significant medication complication risks with rapidly reducing the dose. It's a much more dangerous withdrawal process ...

Benzodiazepines are largely accepted as being the first pharmacotherapeutic approach in the treatment of GAD. Lader [16] stated that for short-term treatment up to 4 weeks, the benzodiazepines are ...