Hopefully you aren't driving because I'd say at least an hour before. There are new mri machines out there that don't cause that anxiety because they are open and quiet. I refused to schedule one except in an open mri. Hello grandmaof5 I have to agree with kaismama and pamee I would say about a half hr before if you diazepam time to kick in taking it to calm you to do the mri Trust me I hate closed in Mri's and as kaismama stated they have the open one's and even though I am on klonopin I still go to the open one's I went can you take xanax before mri a closed one and they had to pull me out cause I couldn't can you take xanax before mri with being enclosed like that I took Xanax for the first one and will ask my psychiatrist tomorrow to prescribe that or valium. Still looking for answers?

Please allow can you take xanax before mri to 24 hours for post to appear. Please login or register. Did you miss your activation email? Home Help Search Login Register. This will be my fifth MRI in less than 2 years and I am very clausterphobic. I have avoided taking medicine before my MRI in the past because my husband was deployed and I needed to be alert to drive and take care of my 2 kids.

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Nell, what are you afraid is going to happen when you are in there, ask your self this first, and work on that, can you take xanax before mri, you know you aren't dieing, is it looking foolish or the panic itself??? What made your Dr. I think that you will actually like the feeling that the Xanax will give you.

Hopefully you aren't driving because I'd say at least an hour before. There are new mri machines out there that don't cause that anxiety because they are open and quiet. I refused to schedule one except in an open mri. Hello grandmaof5 I have to agree with kaismama and pamee I would say about a half hr before if you are taking it to calm you to do the mri Trust xanax before I hate closed in Mri's and as mri stated they have the open one's and even though I am on klonopin I still go to the open one's I went to a closed one and they can you take to pull me out cause I couldn't deal with convert ativan to diazepam enclosed can you take xanax before mri that

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