If a pharmacist did this, they'd be arrested and charged.

Oh right, garland.

He's an MD and male. Short of killing people, he's probably safe. And even then it's no guarantee. Years ago, my better half and her colleagues nicknamed a surgeon "the nicker" since he had a bad habit of nicking, i.e. perforating, patient's bowels even during routine procedures, causing serious post op infections. The guy just sucked at what he did, but he was male, an MD and well liked so no one would do anything about it. Including hospital admin. Great bedside manner supposedly, but couldn't do surgery worth a shit.

That's why, if you can, it's always good to ask local OR nurses and scrub techs about a particular surgeon before going under their knife.

Ronnie boy obviously earned the title 'Candy Man'.

He's always been riding on tRUMP's coattails and didn't earn his path into the Congress by working hard, like so many actually do, in the Congress.

I guess that there are some benefits after all, in dispensing drugs. Just ask one of the neighborhood drug dealers on the street corner, they'll vouch for it too.

if everybody e-mailed his Congressional office asking for dosage recommendations?

It's good for hangovers and is also considered a recreational drug in some circles (okay, by substance abusers ).

Here's what drugs.com says: "Xanax is used to treat anxiety disorders and anxiety caused by depression. Xanax is also used to treat panic disorders with or without a fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or embarrassment."

to get some sleep after snorting some Coke so I could go to work the next day. I only did it a few times, and it worked rather well. I was in my 30s then. Someone gave me the pills, I never had a prescription for them.

Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. The most common benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®.
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Not an uncommon use. Daughter has Valium prescribed for prn use for anxiety caused by depression.

Not for depression.
All those anti-anxiety drugs are depressants, not antidepressants


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But anxiety is very common in depression. So it was probably prescribed for anxiety caused by depression, not depression. Big difference. Not everyone who has depression has related anxiety, but it isn't at all uncommon. Just as a sideline, her mother (my wife) is an RN of 40 years. Trust me, said daughter would not be on a benzo if it was not accepted medical practice.

It is a sedative, a benzodiazepine, not an antidepressant.

Severe depression can cause severe anxiety, trust me.

In clinical practice we don't usually try to figure out chicken or egg.
We treat them both at the same time.

The excerpt from from drugs.com that was posted says it's "used to treat anxiety disorders and anxiety caused by depression."

Translation: Depression can cause anxiety. When that happens, an anti-anxiety drug like Xanax may used along with an antidepressant, to treat the anxiety. That doesn't mean Xanax is an antidepressant.

Apologies if I sound snippy. I don't mean to, but the subject of mental health meds is of direct personal importance to me. These drugs are poorly understood by a lot of people, and I just wanted to set the record straight.

“Sources also told them that the anti-depressant Xanax was also a drug of choice in the Trump White House - especially among "senior officials."..................... “




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That statement is simply erroneous. Xanax is not an antidepressant, but the reporter evidently doesn't know the difference between an antidepressant and an anti-anxiety drug. They got it wrong. Le sigh.

I've never heard of Xanax being considered an anti-depressant.

I'm susceptible to horrible panic attacks so I take Xanax for anti-anxiety. I've also been diagnosed by doctors as having Generalized Anxiety Disorder (It's in the DSM - Table 3.15). The medication has saved my life. I don't think I'd be able to function without it or other similar medications such as Ativan or Klonopin. But my condition is legit.

Once again, I don't know why I continue to be outraged by their hypocrisy. I mean they're screaming about the "Fentanyl coming across the border because of the border crisis"!..... And look at what they were doing...

I used to take an early version of Ativan (serax) for panic attacks myself.

There's a pill for that...💊

A few things on that short list tells me it is true.

Not the first time a doctor earned his position by being the 'go to' guy for whatever you wanted.

Really need a full list of drugs ordered over a longer time frame.

just how many high ranking officers did he hand out 'candy' to in his rise up the ranks in the Navy? History has shown more than a few flag officers were better at politics within military circles than they were at actual military performance. So, how much of the Navy brass are operating on drugs?


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Obama promoted him to Rear Admiral. Apparently the rampant prescriptions occurred after he left office.

better outcome.

Our reporters really suck.

that asshole is another one that should be in prison

No wonder he is lying again and throwing a fit. That’s basically drug dealing. What a hypocrite. We need to be commenting on all the right wing sites. Does nothing to preach to choir. They dont even see Information like this. FOX, Bannon, all of it. Time to get to work.

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Just, you know, out of idle curiosity. Not being much of a drinker or junky myself, I can't tell.

Never too drunk to make a sale.

I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet.

I haven't even seen a written prescription in over 10 years and I'm prescribed controlled substances.

A comprehensive list of all the drugs entering the White House over the Trump's residency, what pharmaceutical source supplied them, and who they were for.

And for completeness, the same for the Biden presidency.

Just so we are fully informed and can do comparisons, you understand.

I'm guessing Trump himself - and his inner circle - had their own sources of drugs and nose powder?
Did then, still do?

He should be testifying under oath.

VOTE, people!!!!!

As though your life and liberty depend on it. Cuz they DO.

Trump and his sons were wound up, revved up and goofed up...........

Small wonder..........I was always wondering how they got their drugs into the white house. Now we know......

Helps explain why Trump was tweeting at 3am, and often slept until 10am or noon......

And he made sure his staff were well taken care of also, it would appear.....

And, don't forget about his best buddy Limbaugh and his outrageous addiction to Oxy......

Do you think it was a leftover from Jackson's 'candy store'?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-cocaine-west-wing-secret-service-investigation/

The Xanax was likely used to come down from the amphetamines.

And Jackson says this with a straight face of a LIAR!!



Ronny Jackson says Biden’s doctor is a terrible physician and he has no respect for him and he is covering up things about Biden’s health. Kim says that he is not being as open and honest with the press as Ronny was when he was Trump’s doctor.

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fentanyl, morphine, hydrocodone, Tylenol #3.

This could lead to undesirable actions. I hope.

"Candyman" hahaha

Coincidence?