Posted by Quintal on January 30, 2007, at 16:39:25
In reply to Drinking Alcohol on Lexapro - WHY NOT ?, posted by nolegirl23 on January 29, 2007, at 18:05:18
>Now I know that I cannot drink on Xanax (which I take, 4 mgs per day). So, if I go out, I do not take Xanax; after all, I no longer want to die :)
Is there any specific reason why you feel you can't drink on Xanax? I drank while taking 8mg Klonopin (and Cipralex - UK brand of Lexapro) with no probs, it didn't seem to intensify the effect of alcohol as you might imagine it would, perhaps because of my tolerance to it?
I find something faintly ridiculous about this 'DO NOT DRINK ON BENZOS' lark. It's almost certainly safe unless you're already taking such a high dose that you're verging on respiratory depression *and* planning to drink enough to sink a battleship *and* shoot up Heroin *and* down some barbs and GHB. If on the other hand you're having a glass or two of wine just to be sociable with friends then go ahead, there's really nothing to worry about.
Q
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