 [ Symptoms ] is it safe to take buspar and drink alcohol [ Disease ] caution should be the watchword here any med taken with alcohol can be a problem because almost all meds have to go through the liver to be broken down and that is exactly where the alcohol goes too so there is a fight in the liver for passage and because of this the med builds up in your system since it can not be broken down the result is something like a massive dose of the med and this has consequences it is never a good idea to drink alcohol when you are taking any type of psychotropic med some of them can have extremely bad effects but not everyone is aware enough of this the best advice is to avoid alcohol