Originally Posted by
MyNameIsTerry
Alcohol will certainly effect clearance of anything because it will put your liver under more pressure to clear out the alcohol. Alcohol clears at a very steady rate per hour so until it is gone, hence the whole hangover issue, it will be slowing down clearance of everything else impacting on this med. It's why it takes people with renal insufficiency longer to clear it out, the elderly, etc. Lots of water speeds things up for the liver. But regardless, it won't slow it much since the alcohol will soon be out anyway after a night out.
What was the OCD med? Maybe that could have impacted on the strength of the side effects? It's a possibility that the combination was the issue with the side effects being so bad starting as opposed to taking Citalopram on it's own, but its hard to say without knowing more and even then, we all react differently to these meds.