Alcohol -v- Antibiotics

Evenescent

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TO DRINK OR NOT TO DRINK?



certain antibiotics cease to work or is it only if you vomit?

Pigletlover

Never drink alcohol when you're on antibiotics, you don't know what effect it will have on you. It's far more serious than the antibiotic just not working.

neuro-praxis

From here:

Antibiotics and alcohol
Everyone has heard about the common myth conception that alcohol should never be taken with antibiotics arose.
Even so, it's well known that alcohol can interact quite nastily with a small number of modern drugs potentially causing

• nausea,
• vomiting,
• convulsions,
• abdominal cramps,
• headaches,
• fast heart rate and
• Flushing.

But these few interactions are well known to both medical doctors and pharmacists.

Mind you, alcohol can put an extra load on your liver and immune system and impair your judgment, liberate aggressive tendencies, reduce your energy state.
Only few classes of antibiotics should be avoided when drinking alcohol.

It is necessary to completely avoid drinking when taking the following antibiotics:

• Metronidazole – the side-effects include flushing, breathlessness, headache, increased or irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, nausea and vomiting.
• Tinidazole is chemically similar to metronidazole and so may cause the same reaction
• furazolidone (Furoxone),
• griseofulvin (Grisactin),
• Antimalarial Quinacrine (Atabrine)…