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Old Jun 03, 2015, 01:40 PM
AncientMelody AncientMelody is offline
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Originally Posted by Yoda View Post
Xanax is fairly safe by itself even in large doses. However if you combine alcohol with xanax it can be a powerful respiratory depressant that can slow or stop breathing to the point of being fatal.
But xanax has significant addictive potential; not something I would recommend for even a former alcoholic. Buspar would be a better choice...there's several better choices. I hope your son's doctor sticks to his guns and doesn't prescribe the xanax hopeless. good luck to you