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Benzos airplanes and xanax

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ganja god

ganja god

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I hate flying and im taking a long flight to hawaii soon. I was thinking of popping some xanax or atavan or something but i heard taking it at a high altitude would fuck with my heart and i could die. Is this true?
 
no idea, i have done this atleast two time, makes it much easier.
 
Take it easy GG.

You don't want to be so zonked that you miss any flights, or lose luggage.
Stay away from the alkeehol too.

I hope you have a great time and don't forget to wear your sunscreen. Whoot!
 
only thing i can think of is getting in some kind of trouble ( which would be odd )...maybe nausea too
 
It shouldn't be a problem. A commercial airplane is pressurized to what should be equivalent to 7,900ft when at a cruising altitude of 39,000ft according to wikipedia, so being in an airplane isn't really like being at high altitude anyways. 7,900ft is terribly high, but it could be enough to change the effects of a drug slightly, so it may be best to talk to a doctor about this if these are prescribed meds. I personally don't think you'd really feel a difference in taking a small amount of xanax or atavan, but 7,900ft(if wikipedia is correct) is enough altitude to possibly effect your body, so talking to a doc would be advisable.
 
ya this is common practice for docs to give people who fly alot scripts for benzos so they can chill out on the plane. I can't think of any medical reason why you would die.or get sick from flying with benzos, I think blood pressure meds and that sorta thing is somthing more to worry about... anyway good luck with your flight.. hope you dont CRASH... haha you'll be fine 100%
 
Yea, you have NOTHING to worry about. In fact, Valium, for example, was advertised when it first came out big time in like the 40's and 50's as a drug to give to your wife when she gets too nervous on airplanes(shows you how different women were treated back then...Im not even gonna get started on the ad slogan they used for this shit.....lets just say its ultra-sexist). And xanax is almost the same thing as valium. Also, I was given xanax by a doctor for an airplane flight even though I wasnt nervous about the flight....I, for soem weird reason, have heart problems that occur at random times, they are like tiny heart attacks, and they didnt want to have to land the plane early becasue of me so they gave me some xanax in a blister pack.
 
i actually od'd on xanax last time i was on a plane. and that was the only bad thing that could happen.... youre good to go.
 
I concur, you should be fine. I take Xanax every time I fly because it essentially knocks me out (most of the time). Once on a flight back from LA I took a low dose, had a few glasses of wine and had an awesome conversation with one of the flight attendants. I am terrified of flying and I actually had fun.

Good luck. :)
 
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