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What will happen to you if you drink alcohol while on medrol (methylprednisolone)?

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Ulcer or gastritis: Alchohol and steroids are both irritating to gastric mucosa. Taken together they are twice as bad.

Answered 7/16/2018

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Just completed my 6-day cycle of methylprednisolone. When is it safe to consume alcohol post completion of cycle.

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Just today i completed a 6-day dose of methylprednisolone. When is it safe to consume alcohol post completion of cycle?

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