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Can you drink moderately (1-2/day) while taking lexapro (escitalopram) without harm to liver, etc? i know it can worsen side effects, but can it do more harm?
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Alcohol & Depression: Alcohol is a type of drug that is a depressant. It causes depression and can make depression worse. Drinking daily means you are slamming your brain telling it to be depressed. Then on top of that you are on medications to treat the depression. Do you see where I am going? One should not be drinking when one is on anti-depression medicine or if they are depressed.
Answered 9/13/2013
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Be careful: It is probably harmless to have one drink at a time as the effect will be like two drinks when you combine alcohol with any drugs that affect your brain. So i would not exceed one drink on a particular day.
Answered 9/13/2013
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