# Paxil and Alcohol

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxil-and-alcohol/41636>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 17, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxil-and-alcohol/41636 "2000-11-17T19:01:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxil-and-alcohol/41636/21 "2000-11-19T05:11:35Z")

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Thank you. The wonderful world of Prednisone is becoming painfully clear to me. :eek: I may take you up on that offer.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paxil-and-alcohol/41636/22 "2000-11-19T05:25:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by JamesCarroll \*  
> \*\*Side effects coming off: None, if you do it gradual, but there have been times when I’ve gone cold turkey 'cuz I was on the road and left them at home. That’s definately not fun. Tremors, nightmares, wierd pulses through my body, lightheadedness, and a ringing in my ears that sounds more like a scream. Not fun.  
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DO NOT QUIT ANY OF THE DRUGS MENTIONED HERE COLD TURKEY! There have been suicides associated with doing that.

God, I loved Prednisone, until the effects of long-term use were described to me.

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