Alprazolam.

Alprazolam is a medicine used for the treatment of anxiety disorders. You are supposed to talk to your doctor before the treatment and tell him if you have glaucoma, a history of depression, a history of an addiction to nicotine or drugs, breathing problems, or kidney or liver disease, as those factors can affect your dose. Alprazolam is FDA pregnancy category D, which means this medicine has been reported to cause serious birth defects in unborn babies. This medicine has sedative effects and they can be more expressed in older adults. Older adults taking alprazolam are not supposed to use this medicine until they talk to their doctor and make sure the effects mentioned are not going to prevent them from doing their usual tasks. Caution should be exercised, as accidental falls have been reported. An overdose of alprazolam must be reported to your health care provider immediately. The following symptoms may indicate an overdose: loss of balance or coordination, fainting, extreme drowsiness, confusion, and light-headedness. Make sure you tell your health care provider if you get any side effects that are considered to be serious as they can mean the medicine is not working for you the way it should. The following ones may be experienced: hostility, seizure, yellowing of the skin or eyes, muscle twitching, hyperactivity, thoughts of suicide, and hallucinations.