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Can you drink alcohol on celexa (citalopram)?
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Alcohol/Celexa: Not good idea to drink alcohol on any medications.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Best To Avoid: Celexa (citalopram) is an antidepressant and alcohol is a depressant. Common sense tells us to avoid alcohol while treating depression, otherwise one agent will cancel the other. I have always considered alcohol the "original medication". It calms you, gives you confidence, stimulates you and puts you to sleep and can even be unused as an antiseptic. If you are unable to stop drinking talk to your doctor.
Answered 5/8/2016
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