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How long do you have to take alprazolam to be physically addicted?
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Xanax (alprazolam) addiction: Any long term and inappropriate use [by black market or by bad docs] leads to addiction. Any med that is used wrongly to treat symptomatically instead of using a good med that treats the cause of a disease may lead to addiction. No benzodiazepine is allowed by law to be used for months, but a lot of docs use it for years to falsely calm patients instead of treating the cause of problems.
Answered 6/29/2013
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