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- Some medicines used to treat your arthritis are processed by your liver, and when taken with alcohol can increase the risk of liver side-effects.
- We recommend that you have no more than 14 units of alcohol a week.
- If you take Leflunomide you should not take more than 4 units of alcohol a week.
- Avoid “binge-drinking” (that is do not drink large amounts of alcohol on a single occasion).
- NHS – Calculating alcohol units
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/calculating-alcohol-units/
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