Xanax

Found out today that yes, thank you God yes I will be able to take my xanax for the PET scan. The nurse told me I could take it in the morning or I could wait and take it just before the test. I might just do both. A little in the am if I stressing and a little before the test. I have to lay still for at least an hour and half while enduring a sugar high!

For those unfamiliar xanax is an anti anxiety med. And its beautiful (if taken correctly!).

Here's some additional info:

Alprazolam was first released by Upjohn (now a part of Pfizer). It is covered under U.S. Patent 3,987,052, which was filed on October 29, 1969, granted on October 19, 1976 and expired in September 1993. Alprazolam was released in 1981.[10][11] The first approved indication was panic disorder. Upjohn took this direction at the behest of a young psychiatrist David Sheehan. Sheehan's suggestion was to use the new distinction the DSM-III created in the classification of anxiety disorders between generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder in order to market alprazolam specifically for the latter. Panic disorder was, at that point, perceived to be rare and treatable only with tricyclic antidepressants; benzodiazepines were thought to be ineffective.

However, from his clinical experience, Sheehan knew panic disorder to be both widespread among the populace and responsive to benzodiazepines. He suggested to Upjohn that marketing alprazolam for panic disorder would both cover new diagnostic territory and emphasize the unique potency of this drug. Sheehan describes that the first group of patients treated by alprazolam was so impressed by its action that the company knew outright that this drug was going to be a hit. A few of those patients actually pooled their money and purchased stock in Upjohn. Several months later, when alprazolam was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, they sold out and made a profit.[1