Posted by Larry Hoover on May 29, 2005, at 16:46:23
In reply to Re: kinda Morbid Question- alcohol, posted by Sebastian on May 29, 2005, at 13:54:10
> how much alcohol can I drink with out killing my liver. I don't belive what the one of my doctors says. She says to drink 1-2 drinks a week, max. I tell my psychiatirist that I have 2 drinks a day, and he says ok with all my meds. I'm taking 30 celexa, 2.5 zyprexa, 300 wellbutrin sr, 180 geodon. Recently I got up to 4 drinks a day, so I quit drinking. It was too much I think it made me sick(sore throt, nose). No I wonder if 2 a day is ok.
There is not "magic number" to provide you with. I didn't look up those drugs, but if any of them stress the liver, you can concider the alcohol as adding to the stress. The combination effect won't be just the alcohol.
2 standard drinks per day is generally considered to be safe. But that assumes no other toxic load on the liver. You can't be sure what amount is safe, but surely zero alcohol is pretty safe.
Your blood work would indicate a liver problem, as elevated liver enzymes. If you ignore that warning signal (the enzymes are up), that's when you get into real trouble.
Lar
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