From our journal

Written by pharmacists, for people who take this seriously.

Plain-language articles on anxiety, alprazolam and safe long-term use. No hype, no fear, no sales copy dressed as advice.

12 Oct

Twenty minutes can feel like two hours when you're anxious and waiting for a pill to work. That's usually when people start wondering i...

09 Oct

It would be convenient if there were one safe dose of Xanax. There isn't. Someone with panic disorder might be doing fine on 3 mg a day...

05 Oct

Most people who take Xanax know what it does: it calms them down. Fewer know How Does Xanax Work and how it does that. The "how" explai...

02 Oct

Most people have heard something about Xanax before they ever fill a prescription for it. A friend swears it helped them through a roug...

14 Aug

What Is Xanax? Xanax is the brand name for alprazolam, a prescription medicine that belongs to a group of medicines called benzodiazep...

14 Aug

A panic attack peaks fast. Most reach their worst point within ten minutes and then begin to fall away on their own. Knowing that singl...

14 Aug

Anxiety is not a character flaw and it is not weakness. It is a nervous system that has learned to run its alarm circuit too readily, a...