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Hello, Last Night I Made The Mistake Of Drinking Liquor

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Posted on Sun, 9 Aug 2020
Question: Hello, last night i made the mistake of drinking liquor and doing cocaine, I take 30mg of lexapro every 24 hours, i missed my dose last night and today my anxiety is present and bad. Is it safe to take My lexapro now? should i be concerned about serotonin syndrome? its been atleast 12 hours since i did any Cocaine. thank you
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Answered by Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
You need dose adjustment of lexapro and observe at hospital

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for your question Barnardplumbingva . Hope I can be of help for you today. Through reading your query I would like to help you with this question. I feel sorry taht you can not control to not take alcohol and coaine. When is your last drinking alcohol? Lexopro and alcohol and cocaine may enhance the adverse/toxic effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Specially, the risk of psychomotor impairment may be enhanced. Management: patients receiving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors should be advised to avoid alcohol. If you take alcohol during treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors you need to monitor for increased psychomotor impairment(your anxiety is present and bad) in hospital. Your doctor may consider therapy modification(dose adjustment of lexapro). Cacaine it may stay in your body at least more then two days.

I hope that can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. Wish your daughter has good health.

Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician
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Hello, Last Night I Made The Mistake Of Drinking Liquor

Brief Answer: You need dose adjustment of lexapro and observe at hospital Detailed Answer: Hello and thank you for your question Barnardplumbingva . Hope I can be of help for you today. Through reading your query I would like to help you with this question. I feel sorry taht you can not control to not take alcohol and coaine. When is your last drinking alcohol? Lexopro and alcohol and cocaine may enhance the adverse/toxic effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Specially, the risk of psychomotor impairment may be enhanced. Management: patients receiving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors should be advised to avoid alcohol. If you take alcohol during treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors you need to monitor for increased psychomotor impairment(your anxiety is present and bad) in hospital. Your doctor may consider therapy modification(dose adjustment of lexapro). Cacaine it may stay in your body at least more then two days. I hope that can help you, and please let me know if you have any clarification or question about that, and I would be welcome to discuss it with you further. Wish your daughter has good health. Best regards, Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician