whether they can drink alcohol with their medications

January 2008

Holiday celebrations will have more people asking whether they can drink alcohol with their medications.

We know alcohol increases the risk of severe CNS depression when taken with opioids, benzos, barbiturates, etc. Alcohol can also affect drug metabolism...or the release of some drugs.

But just how much alcohol is a problem?

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