What are the side effects of drinking alcohol while taking Lexapro?

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Drug interaction: Alcohol & Lexapro

Lexapro does not interact with alcohol, the manufacturer recommends avoiding alcoholic beverages.

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/rxdrugprofiles/drugs/lex1642.shtml

True it does not effect the same part of the brain, but alcohol has an effect on any drug. Alcohol is a depressant and lexapro is an anti-depressant so drinking will lessen the effects of the lexapro. Anyone who is depressed or bi-polar should not be drinking anyways.

LEXAPRO CAUSE SERIOUS DEPRESSANT EFFECTS TO NEW USERS. MIXING WITH ALCOHOL WITH ENHANCE THE DEPRESSANT EFFECT. THE ABOVE ANSWER IS ONLY PARTIALLY CORRECT AND SOME OF IT IS WRONG.

"Lexapro does not interact with alcohol, the manufacturer recommends avoiding alcoholic beverages. " ABSOLUTELY FALSE. -erb RPh.

depends if you have been taking lexapro for a long time or not and how much you drink. newcomers to lexapro therapy should avoid etoh ive taken both and i wouldnt take them at the same time. lexapro made it hard for me to evn wake up so mixing with booze isnt a great idea. it probably wont kill you unless u try to drive or use a tree chopper upper or something else dangerous to operate. but its not a good feeling to mix those at least for me it wasnt

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