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Originally Posted by IndieVisible
I take Zoloft and drink, does nothing. There is a warning for seizures taking zoloft and alcohol increases that. Also they have to tell you no alcohol because if some thing happens to you your family can blame them. The worse that has happened to me is I get drunk faster. I'm also taking wellbutrin too. And that gets the same warning too. It's just that alcohol intensifies what ever the drug does supposedly.
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This is what we call anecdotal information. Every drug out there pretty much... Is affected by alcohol and it's effects vary from person to person, just as the effects of any chemical compound vary from person to person (chemicals including but not limited to alcohol itself). Typically what you see in most cases is either the drugs effects will be magnified by alcohol or vice versa... The drug will magnify the effects of the alcohol. Many people have died of overdose due to drugs with alcohol.
The purpose of Zoloft is to inhibit your brain’s ability to reabsorb serotonin. This is what sends nerve impulses and influences your mood. However, alcohol also affects your serotonin levels.
Zoloft can also lower your heart rate and blood pressure. Some patients report that taking Zoloft can actually cause them to crave more alcohol. This could be extremely dangerous when you combine the effects of both of these substances.
When starting a medication, it’s always important to find out how you are going to react to a certain medication before adding anything else to the mix.