Xanax

plural Xanaxes

1. countableuncountabletrademarkmedicineA brand name for alprazolam.

   My rage is controlled, barely, by a Xanax and an Absolut on the rocks.

   1991, Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 226

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   “After taking one or two Xanax every night for eight years, my doctor told me I had to stop,” says a middle-aged Montgomery County homemaker.

   1990, Washingtonian, page 223

   A half-dozen black beauties gave him the edge he needed, a couple of purple egg-shaped Xanaxes cooled his nerves.

   1991, John Sandford [pseudonym; John Roswell Camp], chapter 16, in Eyes of Prey

   If you take Xanax XR, take your full daily dose once a day in the morning.

   2004, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, edited by Harold M. Silverman, The Pill Book […] , 11th edition, New York: Bantam Books, page 57

   Also in Mr. Ledger’s system were three anti-anxiety medications: diazepam, the generic name for Valium; alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax; and temazepam[…].

   2008 February 7, James Barron, “Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental”, in The New York Times

   “Medication can be part of a psychotropic arsenal,” he said, discussing one therapist who urged him to stop taking Xanax so he could address his anxiety directly and not mask the physical symptoms.

   2014 January 28, Kat Kinsman, “10 things we learned about surviving anxiety”, in CNN

   Synonyms: Xan, Xanny