Posted by Pamela on April 20, 2001, at 14:31:54
In reply to Re: effexor and drinking, posted by sl on April 20, 2001, at 12:49:35
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> Copied from this website....
> http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/mcabinet/EffexorXR.html
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> Can EFFEXOR XR be used safely in patients who consume alcohol?
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> EFFEXOR XR has not been shown to increase the alcohol-induced impairment of mental and motor skills. Nevertheless, advise patients taking EFFEXOR XR to avoid alcohol.
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> My personal thought: Alcohol dehydrates you. Effexor dehydrates you. Be VERY careful, if you get too dehydrated it can cause major problems and become a nasty cycle (you're dehydrated so you can't keep liquids down, so you throw up, so you get more dehydrated, so you can't keep liquids down....etc.).
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> I just started on this stuff, right now I'm so damn shakey and dopey, I hate it. And I gotta double this dose on monday. :(
> Did ANYONE start directly at 75mgs, or did most of you folks start at 37.5?
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> sl
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> > I started taking effexor about 4 weeks ago (and still have the side effects of nausea, sleepiness, headaches and loss of appetite). I've tried aropax and zoloft (both which made me really sick) and doxepin for about a year (which didn't make me sick but didn't actually help_
> > Just wondering if anyone knows about the effects of drinking and taking certain drugs when on effexor. Is it too risky?
> > I drank the other weekend and just felt a bit worse than usual.
> > Thanks if anyone can help
Hopefully (in my iopinion) all doctors start their patients off on the 37.5, I think that is why they made it. You may want to ask for the 37.5 Samples, doctors have hundreds. They also havr starter packs. One week 37.5 and then 75.
As for thr drinking, I am not much of a drinker but when I was on Effexor (full does), I wanted to "drink". Go figure...I felt that way on Prozac when I took it years ago for a short time, but I thought that was becasue it felt like speed to me.
I strongly suggest you do not drink while on any kind of mind altering drug. Opinion only!Good Luck,
Pamela
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