Anxiety
What you need to know about Xanax UK
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A Newsbeat reporter
These pills are UK Xanax, a drug widely prescribed in the US to treat anxiety.
It’s not readily available in the UK but people are getting hold of it through private prescriptions and the internet.
Around 20 teenagers in Wiltshire needed medical treatment after taking it, apparently for recreation, last week.
This page will tell you what Xanax actually is, why it’s being used socially and what the serious risks are to your health.
Xanax is a tranquiliser
Tranquilisers are designed to calm or relieve tension in users. Xanax is a benzodiazepine tranquiliser, the most potentially addictive type.
“It has medical uses for the treatment of anxiety and panic attacks, that kind of thing,” says Harry Shapiro, the director of DrugWise.
The name Xanax is a brand name for the drug, which is actually called alprazolam.
It is part of the benzodiazepine group of prescription drugs, which also includes diazepam and lorazepam.
Xanax isn’t available on the NHS, and can only be obtained on a private prescription in the UK.
However, Inspector Peter Sparrow from Wiltshire Police doesn’t think this is how people are getting their supply.
He said: “The quantities we’re hearing are being used are such that you can’t be just reselling stuff that’s been prescribed to mum or dad, so this is only going to be sourced through the internet.
“You would have to go through the dark web, which obviously raises further concerns, because you don’t actually know what it is they’re buying.”
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