Why The Color Change

I was curios if anyone knew why xanax changed from purple to blue. When I was 16-19, about 24-21 years ago 1mg xanax were purple. 1mg Halcion were blue back then. Halcion started to get bad publicity from wife's killing their husbands and it led to the Halcion defense. Shortly there after the Halcion was either removed or fell out of favor with doctors and the blue xanax began to emerge. Does anyone know why the color change, I've heard heard weird things like the dye to make them purple was bad for people but I would like to know the real reason. Thanks for any info you can give me.

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Well, I don't know why it changed, but I can tell you that the color actually doesn't mean anything, it is entirely up to the whit and whim of the manufacturer.

They can make them any color they choose, as long as they use coloring substances that are on the FDA approved list, and they may change the color at any time they choose.

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Xanax/­

Since it is also available as the generic, Alprazolam, there are even some 1mg tablets that aren't blue.

Are there any other questions or comments?

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