Alprazolam, igurishwa ku izina rya Xanax, n'izindi, ni benzodiazepine ikora vuba. Ikoreshwa cyane mu kuvura indwara zo guhangayika mu gihe gito, cyane cyane indwara y'ubwoba cyangwa indwara yo guhangayika rusange (GAD). Izindi ngamba zirimo kuvura isesemi iterwa na chemotherapy, hamwe n'ubundi buryo bwo kuvura. Iterambere rya GAD ribaho muri rusange mu cyumweru kimwe. Alprazolam muri rusange ifatwa n'umunwa.
Ingaruka mbi zikunze kugaragara zirimo gusinzira, kwiheba, kuribwa umutwe, kumva unaniwe, umunwa wumye, no kugira ibibazo byo kwibuka. Bimwe mu biruhuko n'umunaniro bishobora koroha mu minsi mike. Bitewe n'impungenge zo gukoresha nabi imiti, bamwe ntibasaba alprazolam nk'uburyo bwa mbere bwo kuvura indwara y'ubwoba. Ibimenyetso byo kureka cyangwa kongera kugaruka bishobora kubaho iyo ikoreshwa rigabanutse mu buryo butunguranye; kugabanya buhoro buhoro igipimo mu byumweru cyangwa amezi bishobora kuba ngombwa. Izindi ngaruka zidasanzwe zirimo kwiyahura, bishobora guterwa no kubura ubushobozi bwo kwifata. Alprazolam, kimwe n'izindi benzodiazepines, ikora binyuze muri GABA <sub id="mwaA">A</sub> receptor.
Alprazolam yahawe uburenganzira bwo gukoresha imiti mu 1971, yemererwa gukoreshwa mu buvuzi muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu 1981. Alprazolam ni ikiyobyabwenge kigenzurwa na Schedule IV kandi ni ikiyobyabwenge gikunze gukoreshwa nabi. Iraboneka nk'umuti usanzwe. Igiciro cyo kugurisha muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za US$ kuri dose imwe mu 2018. Mu 2017, wari umuti wa 21 ukunze kwandikirwa muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, aho wanditswe n'abaganga barenga miliyoni 25.
