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Xanax

Xanax Xanax is alprazolam, a triazolobenzodiazepine drug with anxiety-reducing, sedative-hypnotic, and anticonvulsant effects.

Xanax is alprazolam, a triazolobenzodiazepine drug with anxiety-reducing, sedative-hypnotic, and anticonvulsant effects. It acts in the central nervous system by binding to a benzodiazepine site on the GABA-A receptor complex, which strengthens GABA’s inhibitory action and lowers neuronal excitability.