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Old Nov 16, 2005, 07:36 AM
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Women are also more susceptible to liver damage from alcohol than men are - our bodies don't process the sugars & byproducts of alcohol metabolism as well, so a shorter period of alcoholism can be worse for us than a man who's been a steady drinker for a number of years. If you're taking NSAID's, which are also bad for the liver in long-term use or high dosages, on top of drinking, your liver is basically toast. I don't know about the effects SSRI's or MAOI's or tricyclics or any of the other common anti-depressants have on the liver - it should say in the product labeling somewhere, or talk to the prescribing physician about it.

Drinking alcohol potentializes the effects of many drugs - especially antihistamines, so you get a stronger effect than you would by just taking the drug alone.
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