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If you take a .25 mg of xanax (alprazolam) at 7:00 a.m., how many hours do you need to wait before drinking alcohol? my dr. says okay to have a drink in p.m.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

?: Your doctor is more liberal than i am. I recommend that my patients who take benzodiazapines avoid alcohol completely.

Dr Munshower agreed

Answered 11/28/2013

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