How Long Does Alprazolam Stay in Your System?
Alprazolam, the trade name of Xanax belongs to Benzodiazepine class of addictive drugs. It is normally prescribed by the physician for minor depression, insomnia, anxiety disorder and panic attacks.
Restrictions in Usage
Medical practitioners prescribe the drug for the treatment of panic disorders. The drug intake is usually advised for a period of 8 weeks. The drug has been proven to be helpful in curing severe anxiety disorders within a time span of 2-4 weeks. Escalating the dosage or sudden withdrawal is believed to result in adverse effects on patients taking the drug.
Consequence of High Dosages
Intake of higher doses of Alprazolam results in drowsiness, euphoria, jaundice, blurred vision, increased salivation or dry mouth, urinating less than normal or not at all and rapid heart beat etc. Immediate medical attention is required in such a case. Sudden withdrawal of this drug may elevate heart beat and can result in minor tremors and depression. So, it is always better to consult a physician before discontinuing the drug. It has an exceptional history of severe withdrawal symptoms too.
Precautions to be taken
If alprazolam is taken in quantities of 0.5mg or greater, it tends to create sleepiness due to its tendency of depressing the central nervous system. So the drivers and other individuals who are working in vigilant activities should take special precaution before consuming the drug.
Why People Tend to Consume Alprazolam?
Injection of the drug is really dangerous. As it dissolves in alcohol the combination of both is considered to be a serious one and a higher dosage is even more dangerous. So if this drug is abused in combination with alcohol, the scenario sometimes proves fatal too.
However, Alprazolam is used to eliminate the euphoric properties of marijuana and heroin. If you are a drug abuser or if you have been habituated to alcohol intake or if you are frequently suffering from severe chronic pain, personality disorder, it’s highly emphasized that you monitor the consumption of this drug because you might get addicted to the drug. Do not recommend alprazolam to any of your friends who have similar symptoms.
The dosage should start low, and then it has to be increased, if it is essential, and gradual reduction is recommended in order to avoid complications.
How long does Alprazolam stay in your system?
How long does alprazolam stay in your system depends on the various factors such as
1)Dosage taken by you.
2)Mass of your body.
3)Potential of the drug.
4)How your body metabolizes the drug.
It can be expelled out of your system within 2 days to a maximum of 2 weeks. It can be detected in a urine test for one week.
You don’t need to worry as to how long alprazolam stays in your system, if you consume the drug only for that purpose which was prescribed by the physician.
Self medication is always dangerous.
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if i took 40 mg methadone pill in 1 day.how long dose it take to be out of my system for a urine test?
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@cindy
It depends on cut-off value of the urine test and how often you take such kinds of pills.
I would say a maximum of 5 days for the methadone.
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if taking a urine test for a job will methadone show up or is there a special test that has to be run in order 2 detect it
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I used to be prescribed clonazepam by my MD; over 1-1/2 years ago. I haven’t had ANY ‘benzos” since, clean since the beginning of 2009! However, I had to leave a urine sample for a drug screen and it came back as ‘benzo’ positive. What could possibly cause this? I’m also aware of many other people who had a similar problem…
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Anita Im not a Dr but 2 test positive 4 a benzo after a yr & 1/2 doesnt make sense. i no a person that tested positive 4 cocaine he is 58 yrs old w/a bad heart. COCAINE WOULD KILL HIM THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES SENSE IS THAT THE LAB MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE. ASK IF U CAN TAKE ANOTHER URINE TEST. GOOD LUCK
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