alprazolam

[al-prey-zuh-lam]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a potent benzodiazepine, C 17 H 13 CIN 4 , used in the treatment of certain anxiety states.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alprazolam¹

First recorded in 1970–75; a pharmaceutical coinage

Example Sentences

The substances alleged to be involved in the offences are MDMA, butanediol, ketamine and alprazolam, which is also known under the brand name Xanax.

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You had different kids buying unpressed alprazolam powder from Chinese labs via the dark web, and then they installed their own pill presses in beach houses and dorm rooms.

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Court records identified the drug as the sedative alprazolam, often sold under the brand name Xanax.

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The raids netted 4,681 boxes of medicine, including items sold as hydrocodone and alprazolam — better known in the United States by the brand name Xanax.

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“Effects of difluoroethane and alprazolam” — also known as compressed gas and Xanax, respectively — factored into the singer’s death.

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