What Do Xanax Pills Look Like?
Question by Jean: What do xanax pills look like?
So ive heard about yellow ones, oval blue, and white ones with four notches in it. In my school there called bars, so what do they look like? And is one more powerful than the other? Thanks. What will taking only one bar do to you?
Best answer:
Answer by Jake
they are made by many different manufacturers; so the size, shape and color will be different from pill to pill, alot actually look like blood pressure medications. so if you buy them off the street their is a very good chance it probally wont even be what your looking for. the best way to know what it looks like is to get a prescription from a doctor and take it to the pharmacy.
for the powerful question yes they have different strengths and again they look different from manufacturer to manufacturer.
xanax works with your central nervous system to calm it and thus calming you. its used for anxiety, sleeplessness and seizures. and i don’t recommend taking any without a doctors prescription.
Answer by Mathieu
This web site has many pictures of Xanax (alprazolam):
http://www.drugs.com/imprints.php?action=search&drugname=Xanax
Pfizer is the drug company that created Xanax so they make it but many generics companies also make it so there are many different shapes, sizes, colours, and imprints.
The “bar” is referring to a 2 mg tablet, the largest dose. These are the pills that are scored (notches is not the correct term).
So here is picture of a brand name 2 mg tablet (also found at the link above):
http://www.drugs.com/imprints/2-x-ana-x-5253.html
As you can imagine a higher dose of a medication is “more powerful” than a small dose and Xanax comes in 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 mg tablets.
2 mg of Xanax, for an average person who has not taken Xanax or other benzodiazepines (the name of the class of drugs Xanax is in), is a huge dose and they will probably fall asleep or they will be in a drugged stupor, much like large amounts of alcohol can cause. It could also cause amnesia so if you are wake you may not remember it.
Xanax also causes a loss of inhibition, so you might act, say, or do things you would not ordinarily do. And it is not uncommon for people who have not used much Xanax to be in an amnesic state, disoriented, and uninhibited. And people do strange, bizarre, even (rarely) dangerous or violent things.
Xanax is used for:
1) The management of anxiety disorder.
2) Treatment of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia.
3) Anxiety associated with depression.
4) Acute anxiety states.
Xanax is a schedule IV controlled substance in The United States, Canada, and under International law. It is a class C drug in The United Kingdom.
It can be abused, particularly the 2 mg tablet, to reduce anxiety, help with insomnia, to amply the effects of alcohol and opioids, and to make people “out of it.”
The risk of addiction when used recreationally is moderate, risk when used medically is low, however Xanax and other benzodiazepines cause physical dependency (not the same as addiction). So if it is taken continuously for as little as a couple of weeks physical withdrawal can occur. If used very long term or at high doses withdrawal symptoms can be severe (seizure, psychosis, hallucinations, self-harm, rage, suicidal/homicidal ideation, catatonia, coma), even life threatening. High (even moderate) dose Xanax withdrawal is far worse than even heroin.
What would taking “only one bad do” is impossible to know. Like I said it depends on the person you might just sleep, you might feel relaxed and worry free, you might act oddly and have amnesia, or a number of other things could occur.
I HIGHLY recommend you NOT use Xanax unless you have a prescription for a legitimate anxiety disorder and you take the medication EXACTLY as prescribed.
Xanax abuse is a very slippery slope. People develop tolerance to the sedation and euphoric effects rapidly and by starting at 2 mg your tolerance would grow extremely fast.
And people who do become addicts, and it is rare for people to be addicted to Xanax alone, but when it happens it is really bad.
I won’t give you the “drugs are bad” speech but you should at least know the acts should you use it.
I personally take Xanax XR 2 mg (extended-release, not “bars”) twice daily for severe panic disorder so I have nothing against the drug, in fact it has really helped me, but I do not misuse it and I have a reason to use it.