Xanax belongs to the benzodiazepine class of drugs that help treat generalized anxiety disorder and panic attack symptoms. This medicine works by enhancing the activity of a specific neurotransmitter (GABA) in the brain to speed up the flow of information between neurons, which has a calming effect on the person using this drug.
Once you consume this medicine, it reaches the brain and starts to bind with GABA receptors, which increases the effects of GABA chemicals in the brain. It has a depressant impact on the synaptic transmission that reduces anxiety.