Why is drinking alcohol while prescribed xanax dangerous?

[djericmoore]

The information that the pharmacy gives you with the prescription warns against consuming alcohol while you are using prescribed xanax. What specifically is so dangerous about it? What precisely happens on a medical level?

[gregory_dittman]

There are various foods along with alcohol which thins the blood and makes the drug more powerful, which may cause unwanted reactions.

[designtwilight]

A few things. It can harm the lining of your stomach because it adds to the acidity of the alcohol. It also increases the effects of the intoxication and can make it easier to get alcohol poisoning. But some people take this combination recreationaly for that reason.