Marijuana and Prozac drug interaction

Answer 1

Prozac and marijuana are not a harmful combination; you won't feel any different and it does not harm you like alcohol and Prozac do. Marijuana can make you very paranoid, which is bad for people taking Prozac for anxiety disorders, but the feeling goes away if it comes at all, so I would say you should be fine.

""Prozac and Weed ARE a bad combination. i looked up this question early today, and i followed this advice above, that you "wont feel any different" . i have smoked lots of weed on welbutrine, seroquel, resperdol. and it wasnt very bad, besides the nervous tics. but when i smoked 2 puffs of good weed this afternoon, while im on 20 MG Prozac, it went ok the first 15 minutes, but then it went downhill very very quick, I got VERY confused, emotional, moody, VERY extremly depressed, i have never experienced a darkness quite like this, please just don't do it, every kind of weed is different and we are all different, and we can never ever know how it will react. and what i experienced was very intense and messed up, and i am a fairly stable person, it was all the medication mixed with weed messing with my emotions and mind, and the chemicals, my moods were off the chart, from very confused one minute, 2 seconds later i would get sad and very dark, and then happy happy joy joy.. if this sounds fun, well, then try it. but u really shouldn't.""

Actually the first person to answer your question is correct. To feel the effects of medicines like Prozac, Celexa, a generic form, or Citalopram, another generic form, you must take the medicine everyday for at two weeks so the SSRI's or the serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitors build up enough in your brain to help relieve mild anxiety. Just taking a pill of Prozac and smoking weed will not cause horriffying effects

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The most important thing you need to understand is that Prozac dosage has to be evaluated almost constantly for the first 8 weeks or so after starting it or altering the dosage. What this means for your question about mixing cannabis with it is that you certainly should not take cannabis for that 8 week period. Also keep in mind that during or even at the end of that 8 week period your doctor may want to alter the dosage. This is actually quite common and what that means is it could be quite a while before you can think about taking cannabis after starting out on Prozac.

However, I guess part of the answer would have to include the fact that you should never take Prozac with alcohol as this can cause serious anger problems. So if you have been on your dosage for more than 8 weeks and are thinking of taking cannabis very rarely as an alternative to alcohol you might like to try a very small amount to see how it goes. But I must re state that this should never be done within the first 8 weeks of a new dosage.

Keep in mind that you started on Prozac due to problems being able to cope in society and that if your dosage is correct you should not really need another drug to have a good time any more. You might find a soft non-alcoholic drink would be a better option at parties. Get the dosage of Prozac right and you should be both confident and happy, this is why it is important not to mess with other drugs. It is hard to correctly gauge your dosage when your messing up your mind using other stuff.

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Answer 2

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The Physicians' Desk Reference lists Prozac as a drug NOT to take with marijuana because of drug interactions. See related link. Also using a lot of these things together can cause liver and/or kidney failure.

""Prozac and Weed ARE a bad combination. i looked up this question early today, and i followed this advice above, that you "wont feel any different" . i have smoked lots of weed on welbutrine, seroquel, resperdol. and it wasnt very bad, besides the nervous tics. but when i smoked 2 puffs of good weed this afternoon, while im on 20 MG prozac, it went ok the first 15 minutes, but then it went downhill very very quick, I got VERY confused, emotional, moody, VERY extremly depressed, i have never experienced a darkness quite like this, please just dont do it, every kind of weed is different and we are all different, and we can never ever know how it will react. and what i experienced was very very dark and messed up, and when i mean dark, i mean very very DARK. and i am a fairly stable person, it was all the medication mixed with weed messing with my emotions and mind, and the chemicals, my moods were off the chart, from very confused one minute, 2 seconds later i would get sad and very dark, and then happy happy joy joy.. if this sounds fun, well, then try it. but u really shouldnt.""

"Maybe it is bad to some persons but not for everyone. Maybe in the USA marijuana is not as good as in The Netherlands or something but I don't get depressed if I smoke marijuana, so..."

You`re wierd!

Answer 3

there shouldn't be a problem. I've smoked while on antidepressants several times. honestly, i don't think weed has any major negative interactions w/medications.

however, if you have a heart condition, you may want to reconsider since mj can increase your heart rate.

Answer 4

Not without doctor supervision and permission. In some people cannabis can multiply the effects of the prozac in an unpredictable amount. So, you could end up with the side effects of overdosing on prozac. Also, it can effect the cannabis high. It can make you higher. So you may end up with loss of appetite, excess hunger, insomnia, excess sleep etc. Also, some people have no interaction. It's just a crap shoot.

Answer 5

It is perfectly safe to smoke marijuana while taking lexapro at any dose.

Answer 6

YES, definitely.In fact marijuana causes depression,clinical trials have proven this.

It can also cause schizophrenia.

So please don't be foolish,leave the dope alone.

Answer 7

Your a jackass for asking this question you shouldent be smoking weed

Answer 8

From the marijuana, no. And unless your doctor prescribed the Prozac to you, you should stay clear if it.