diff --git a/changes/strength-potion-not-immediate.md b/changes/strength-potion-not-immediate.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..785b33f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/strength-potion-not-immediate.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drinking a strength potion now causes weakness to be removed from a character immediately, in the middle of the turn in which it was ingested (as well as at the end of the turn).
diff --git a/src/brogue/Items.c b/src/brogue/Items.c
index 1f548733..0582704f 100644
--- a/src/brogue/Items.c
+++ b/src/brogue/Items.c
@@ -7143,6 +7143,8 @@ void drinkPotion(item *theItem) {
             if (player.status[STATUS_WEAKENED]) {
                 player.status[STATUS_WEAKENED] = 1;
             }
+            //Needed to make potion have immediate effect
+            player.weaknessAmount = 0;
             updateEncumbrance();
             messageWithColor("newfound strength surges through your body.", &advancementMessageColor, 0);
             createFlare(player.loc.x, player.loc.y, POTION_STRENGTH_LIGHT);