Mixing Alcohol and Lithium
Caution
Dehydration from drinking can push lithium toward toxic levels, worse with vomiting or sweating. Drink less, and keep up water.
Dehydration from drinking concentrates lithium and can raise blood levels toward the toxic range, and the two are additively impairing. Vomiting or heavy sweating while drinking makes this considerably worse.
The risk here is to the body — breathing, heart, temperature or organs. Set limits before you start, because this kind of harm does not announce itself in time to react.
Headspace vs physical riskCan you mix Alcohol and Lithium?
MixSafe rates mixing Alcohol and Lithium as "Caution" — carries risk that is worth understanding before combining. Reduce doses and do not use alone. Source: MixSafe research. Educational information, not medical advice.
- Alcohol also called
- alc, booze, beer, wine, liquor, ethanol
- Lithium also called
- lithium carbonate, lithobid, mood stabilizer
- Nayak SM et al., Johns Hopkins, 2021. https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/publications/classic-psychedelic-coadministration-with-lithium-but-not-lamotri/
- Ibuprofen interactions to avoid (renal lithium clearance). https://www.singlecare.com/blog/ibuprofen-interactions/
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