In article <2bc86l$c1i at venera.isi.edu>, esteward at next11.isi.edu (Elaine Steward) writes:
> In article <jll-031193165551 at h7macd-156.doc.ic.ac.uk> jll at doc.ic.ac.uk> (Janice L Lonsdale) writes:
>> Would this also apply to Prozac 20mg daily and Propranolol 60mg daily
>> I believe I read that alcohol consumption is contraindicated with SSRI's
> (Prozac).
>> elaine
This is wrong. As I have said before Prozac has even been trialled in the
treatment heavy drinking. It seems to reduce drinking to some extent in some.
It does *not* reduce tolerance to ethanol.
Many would, however, say that alcohol consumption in contraindicated in
depression - that is a different issue.
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