Medication and Alcohol Interactions

Different religions have different opinions just about anything, but the general tendency is to condem alcohol and drugs. On the other hand, alcohol is permitted in some religious groups. Also, some drugs are used for ritual purposes in certain religions - for example, certain cacti that act as drugs.

Depends?? Do you want to be a drooling pathetic mess? Then go for it dude!

Lortabs are acetaminophen and hydrocodone, a synthetic opiate that is highly addictive. Taking Lortabs alone can cause mental confusion. Taken with alcohol they can be fatal. One could argue that only a person who was mentally confused to begin with would take narcotics with alcohol.

Probably not, but consult your physician.

can i drink alcohol with arestin treatment.

I have been advised by my GP that it is possible to consume some alcohol while taking By-Mycin, but only if the drug is taken in the morning and the alcohol consumed in the evening. I believe that By-Mycin is an antibiotic and, as with most antibiotics, would have it's ability to perform impaired by the consumption of alcohol.

Taking the drug in the morning and alcohol in the evening would give the drugs a reasonable time to have been consumed and circulated by the body before being affected by the alcohol. It is not recommended to take By-Mycin in the evening anyway, so this should fit in nicely with the consumption of alcohol (unless you are an alcoholic).

According to CVS's Drug interaction software: " No clinically significant drug-drug interactions are expected."

Any foreign substance that is njot a product of your body's system can be detected.

I would say at least an hour because most pills on average start working in about a half hour. This would give your stomach time to digest it.

Yes I believe so.. Im 17 and I don't think I know anyone who hasn't drinkin before. Even freshman like 13 or 14 years old ive seen drink. But it depends on the person of course. I don't ever drink, not a fan of the drunk feeling as much. But the biggest thing for kids 16 years old is peer pressure, no doubt. Need to get it in theyre head that its cool to do your own thing. But yes 16 is the age where kids will be experimenting with alcohol and weed... I was

cause drugs is bad for your lungs and you may die!

Don't do drugs and alcohol, and do well in school. Avoid peer pressure. Just say No.

Coumading or warfarin are "blood thinners". you have to be very careful when mixing any sort of alcohol, as Alcohol is a blood thinner. Too much alcohol can essentially increase the risk of bleeding -- including dangerous internal bleeding. Chronic, significant alcohol use, such as with alcoholism, can have the opposite effect, making Coumadin less effective by increasing the risk of blood clots, while at the same time increasing the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.

You can (in moderation, as always).

Can you drink alcohol while taking ceftriaxone

Yes, alcohol is a drug; it depresses various mental sensations and inhibitions.

Yes. It just happens to be legal and easy to get. Alcohol causes more drug-related problems, illness and deaths than any other drug.it can cause brain damage to your brain in many ways. Yes. Alcohol comes from ethanol, a legal intoxicating drug. It is produced generally in fermenting fruits, and added to other alcoholic beverages.

" They don't.. " Drugs do NOT make you 'crazy' by crazy I think you mean clinically insane because alcohol and nicotine are drugs caffeine is a drug do they make you crazy? Heroin sure doesn't make you 'crazy' you're not anything.

Research stuff first before you write an essay on something.

:EDIT: I have been taking lithium for around 5 years and have taken seroquel for around 3. I drink most weekends and have never had any problems. my gf and best friend both take clozapine and they have never suffered from a drink. But each to their own :EDIT:

YOU SHOULD NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL WHILE TAKING Any OF THOSE MEDICINES

* Drinking Alcohol while on Seroquel can potentiate the effects of this drug. It can lower your blood pressure to best levels. It is important to discuss this question with your doctor.

* Drinking Alcohol with Lithium is VERY UNSAFE. Even after just a few drinks, the combination of these two substances can cause you to loose consciousness.

* Lexapro and Alcohol act on similar areas of the brain. Drinking while on Lexapro greatly increases the effects on Alcohol. Imparing motor skills and your thought process.

* The person responsible for this post is an absolute imbecile. I have removed much of the damage they have caused to this WikiAnswer.

***IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DRINKING WHILE ON LITHIUM IS A FATAL COMBINATION. A FEW DRINKS CAN SET OFF THE METABOLIC DESTRUCTION WHICH LEADS TO YOUR HEART STOPPING (CARDIAC ARREST). MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM DRINKING WHILE MEDICATING WITH LITHIUM.

***It is also unsafe to drink on Lexapro and Zoloft and antidepressants of this genre. However, this is considered unsafe because it is not definite how each individual will react to the combination of alcohol and anti-depressants. At the very least, the alcohol will be greatly intensified by the anti-depressant. Motor skills will be lost much sooner than if you were to only be consuming alcohol while not medicating. Zoloft and Lexapro are not anti-depressants which are abused by drug addicts because they don't give a euphoric feeling. In fact, a patient has to take these drugs daily for a period of two weeks to a months time before the drug takes affect. During that adjustment period, the patients body is adjusting to the drug and the common effects of the drug are upset stomach, dhiarrhea, head aches, large increase or large decrease in appetite, mood swings, and even DEPRESSION - yes, depression is a side effect of anti-depressants.

***If you are prescribed to Lithium, please talk to a doctor, even if it's not your doctor if you are embarassed to talk to your doctor about drinking and drugs. You MUST speak to a professional and become aware of the severity of the drug which you are on. You must also become sensitive to what you can and can not do while medicating with Lithium. And if a doctor has you on Lithium, it is more than likely that Lithium will improve the quality of your life, so don't contemplate quitting the Lithium just to consume alcohol. Any doctor out there, whether they are a family physician, internist, ER physician, or your Pschologist, wil be willing to have an honest conversation with you without judging you if you are afraid to have this conversation with your Psychiatrist (or whomever prescribes the Lithium, eg Neurologist?)

I have seen this tragedy happen too many times in my life. And not just with Lithium, but with many behavioral medications being mixed with recreational drugs. You can't just ask a friend if it's safe, nor can you just get on Wiki or WebMD and expect to make an educated decision about combining drugs.

I beg of you to speak to a health professional. No matter your age or your situation. Health professionals have an ethical responsibility to you, the patient, to not reveal anything you say to anyone, including your parents or the police (unless you have done something to put someone else's life in danger or if you are guilty of the commission of a crime resullting in a third party facing a life/death situation. So, hopefully you haven't been supplying drugs to your buddies and then buying them handles of Jack Daniels, and now you're wondering why you haven't seen your buddy Jimmy in 6 days. You can honestly walk into any doctors office, tell them all of the drugs which you use and ask them what complications may arise from mixing these drugs. This is absolutely a necessary exercise if you choose to use drugs for recreational purposes and insist on mixing them.

Needless to say, the best way to avoid this entire situation is to realize that these drugs are extremely effective and even more harmul!! Abstaining from using any pharmaceuticals will ensure that you have a good time throwing back some cold brews without having to worry about your heart stopping unexpectedly and never waking up from that long night of drinking.

I understand you want to drink I've taken seroquel and lithium before not lexapro though. anyways you can expect over intoxication the risk of comma and your illness will not fully be treated because this lessens the effects of your meds and what they are supposed to do i assume you are bi-polar well for us bi-polars we tend to want to drink but really should'NT. it can increase our risk of delutional or paronoid behavior. a beer seriously wont kill you but its not going to help your treatment. the bi-polar illness is hard enough to deal with you really should'NT make life harder on yourself then it already is. Also my doctor said i could drink on abilify in moderation so talk to your doc about that if you feel you can not quit. lithium makes you zombieish anyways abilify has few side effects and is amazing with bi-polar.

The main complication is that the drug won't work properly in conjunction with alcohol. Also, the reason you find it difficult to stop drinking is quite possibly because the abilify helps with the depressive aspect of bipolar but is less useful at treating the manic side (so I understand, I'm not a pharmacist). This has meant in my case that I become anxious and nervous in the early evening, which has habitually resulted in using alcohol as a sedative. The problem is that although it sedates anxiety pretty well, long term use can lead to more severe depression. It's kind of a catch 22. The only real answer is to try and cut right down on your alcohol intake by finding a complementary drug that helps to decrease your anxiety before you want to drink. Worked for me, to a large extent anyway.

The short answer is that alcohol is a major DEPRESSANT, so if you are taking an antidepressant medication for bipolar, it wont have as good a result. If you are drinking to reduce anxiety, you should ask your doctor for a mild anti-anxiety medication; a low dose of Ativan or Xanax- this may help. You really need to stop drinking to avoid additonal DEPRESSION. Next time you refill your prescription, ask the pharmacist for a print out for your medication. This will give lots of valuable information.

If you want to stop drinking, go to Alcoholics Anonymous.

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It can make you do things you wouldn't normally do. Being intoxicated can take away a persons inhibitions. Unfortunately, it can also impair judgment. An example: A person who is intoxicated may very well feel brave enough to be 90 pounds and try to fight someone who is 200 pounds of muscle with a crowbar, but when they wake up the next day in the hospital, they are going to wonder what the heck they were thinking.

A lot of people refer to that as being crossfaded, or when you're both high and drunk.

Organic chemistry

Yes!