How long does a xanax take to work?
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Have you taken Xanax before now? If you have not, please use caution. A 2 mg dosage is typically a maintenance dosage once the medication has gradually built up in your system, Taking 2 mg for the first time will probably cause serious adverse effects (restlessness, confusion, crying, delirium, headache, disorientation, anger, hostility and nausea) Initial doses are usually between 0.25 and 0.5 mg twice per day. The onset of action for xanax is about thirty minutes and lasts between 4 to 6 hours.
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depending on your metabolism and percentage of body fat, drugs take anywhere from 3 days to 14 days to be eliminated from a person's body.  drink water and help flush it out.  eat a healthy diet and try taking some goldenseal.  good luck
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Assuming you have normal liver and kidney function, and you're not taking any drugs that significantly alter drug metabolism, the Lortabs have a duration of action of 4-6 hours, but can be detected on a drug test for 3-6 days.  Xanax has a duration of about 8 hours, and can be detected for a week or two, longer if you're a chronic user.  Adderall has a duration of action of 4-8 hours, and clears the system and is undetecable in 2-4 days.
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xanax is for nerves , and vicodin is for pain .If it were me (which it will be in 3 weeks! ) I'd take 2 of each 1hr BEFORE takeoff , 1 of each - midflight , and 2 of each 1 hr BEFORE landing . \n Doses for 150 lb male , 4 hr flight .\nSame doses were used @ sea level with moderate euphoria being the desired  and achieved side effect . Equal amounts of water and cranberry juice were used during and afterward to cleanse the body of excess chemicals .
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It is a benzodiazepine.  Which is used to control anxiety attacks as well as panic attacks...Side effects include dizziness as well as:   leathergy, drowsiness, confusion, headaches, mental depression, physical dependence and psychological dependence.  None of the effects are harmful or physically dangerous to the body.  the main focus of the action of xanax is that it works on the GABA inhibitor system of your central nervous system.
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Well, for starters, it depends on the ingredients of the prescriptions.  If you are taking anti-anxiety medications(ex. Xanax) a.k.a. Benzodiazepines...usually 3-5 days.  Pain medications(barbiturates), then about the same; also the dosage depends as well.  For instance, if you take only as needed, then within 5 days it should have metabolized out of your system.   However, if you take them for chronic pain, i.e. long-term, then you will have the drug in your system on a regular basis.  The point of chronic pain maintenance is to keep the pain medication in your system at all times to stay in your system.\n\nSecond, most employers only test for THC, Cocaine, Amphetamines/Methamphetamines, etc...The best course of action is to tell the drug screen facility that you have taken a prescription pill before submitting to the test.  Also, if you take the prescription Marinol, it can cause a positive for THC(Marijuana).\n\nFinally, if you are on probation/parole, you must be careful about taking anything with amphetamines (Sudafed, Ny-Quil, other cough syrups) because there is enough in them to set off a positive result with their drug screens.  Also, Ny-Quil, mouth washes, and other cough syrups that contain alcohol will cause you to fail a breath test for alcohol.\n\nAs a last note:  Your weight and metabolism activity plays a significant role in how fast you can metabolize medication.  Beware, those kits that claim to clean you out also reduce your level of Creatinin and it will be obvious to the test giver that you have attempted to clean out your system!!  Meaning that your urine sample will be dilute!
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Scientifically speaking it takes 2-4 weeks.  You have to change your thought processes, too, though.  You need to believe in yourself and find ways within yourself to fight negative thoughts.  Find a higher power to believe in and provide a source of hope.  Also, remember not to drink alcohol while on prozac and look at the other drugs interactions listed with your prescription, as well.
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Ativan is in the same class of medications (benzodiazepines) as Xanax.\n\nWhile they work for anxiety, they are usually best taken AS NEEDED, not long term. Other drugs (SSRIs like prozac/zoloft/lexapro) are often better long term anxiety treatments.
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i just started again yesterday.  i had been taking it a few years ago, but stopped because i was "feeling better" (bad idea, by the way).  so far i'm not sure i'm  feeling anything, but the doc also has me on xanax 3 times a day and it's making me SO sleepy.  i feel like i can't function.  i don't know if it is a combination of the two, or the fact that i'm taking so much xanax each day, but i'm definitely going to call the doctor on monday and find out if i can lower the dosage or something...i think maybe you should do the same.  go to www.zoloft.com and you can find out what side effects can occur.  good luck!
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Much depends on the particular drug screen, you know; if it is a NIDA prescribed drug screen, they don't even test for benzodiazepines (the drug class of valium); not a problem.  The "NIDA 5" are: opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, marijuana and phencyclidine.  No Benzos!\n\nMost drug non-regulated drug screens add any one of a number of different things, usually including barbiturates, propoxyphene and benzodiazepines.  If it's an unregulated drug screen, 6 weeks is a good rule of thumb.   Many vagaries of metabolism are, as the eariler answerer, major players on answering this, as is the body type (some benzodiazepine metabolites are very soluable in fat, and can take longer to clear)...\n\nWhat they measure are, of course, the metabolites....
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3-5 days...  just like all the other phenethylamines.  google the site "erowid"... it'll help u alot for these types of things in the future.
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There is not a pill in that dose of xanax...I just looked it up on a drug reference site.
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This drug is in the category of Valium,Ativan,Xanx.They are all very addicting.So you need to go off it slow.Start with taking a small amount of this med.off what you were on,and do that for about a week.Than lower it again and do this for another week.and so and so on.Depending on how much you are on,it depends on how much you should lower it each week.If you are still having a problem,Talk to your doctor,Your doctor may feel that you may still need to be on it.Good Luck!
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It depends on how long you have taken it.  The worst is over in about 3 days.
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Most drugs actually take 4-6, sometimes even 8 weeks before the FULL effect is in swing, though you will feel some effects by 1-2 weeks.
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so you don't have panic attacts any more?? to get off the stuff, first of all did a doctor put you on it??i would say ask your doctor first.... but here is my answer to you. you start cutting back on it....say you are taking it twice daily. cut each pill in half. take one half at the time you would normaly . do this for a week,it may take 2 weeks. then cut the pill in half again. a half of a half. drop down slowly.....after 4 weeks you are off the pill. when my doctor had me on it, it was alful. and short lived. didn't do a thing for my panic attacts, but i notified him  in 2 weeks, and was able to cut back in a week , and go on something better that worked for me.....xanax is a short lived pill....so can tell you why it don't work...never go cold turky off any meds your doctor has given you...unless your doctor gives you another one that will be much better, but you ususally will have to do it by cutting back.
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Every person is different, every person reacts differently to drugs and dosages...but...as far as I'm concerned, xanax is the wonder drug of the new millenium. It helps me sleep, it has no side effects (for me), I can function fully while taking it. I am totally unfamiliar with rivotril and so can't comment on it. I have taken Paxil before (10 years ago, for about 6 months) and found it to be a nightmare, especially to go off of it, and would never take it again. Bear in mind that xanax is not an anti-depressant (like Paxil) - it is prescribed for anxiety. Totally different drug categories. Also bear in mind that no doctor (except a quack) will continue to write refills for a drug like xanax that is considered a controlled substance, unless YOU address the core issues behind your sleep problem - which are non-medical, lifestyle changes that it is up to you to "fix". I took xanax to help me sleep when I had severe pain from a fractured rib - and couldn't tolerate painkillers - but as soon as my rib was more or less healed, the doctor would no longer give me refills for the xanax.