If a person is taking medication for depression, and goes out to drink the same night, can they get a negative reaction? - eviltoast

This is for a novel im writing. For a point in the story, a girl is taking meds and is convinced by friends to go and drink and she has a negative reaction and wakes go the next day remembering nothing.

But Im not a medic so I dont know how realistic this is. What would happen if a person takes meds like anti depresants, and afterna few hours drink alcohol? What would happen to them?

  • BrerChicken @lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Alprazolam is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety disorders, and it causes exactly what you’re talking about if you take it with alcohol. It’s not an antidepressant but it’s sometimes used for people with depression, at least at first.