What are the effects of drinking alcohol with antibiotics?
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Really you should never take ANY medication with alcohol. Real effects? Depends on the antibiotic. However there are SOME antibiotics that will make you really nauseous if taken with alcohol...REALLY, REALLY nauseous.
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The medical perspectives on alchohols are that if you continue drinking u can develop cancer or do other damage to your body.
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Many antihistamines, however, cause drowsiness, so when combined with the sedating effects of alcohol, feelings of drowsiness are magnified. Recently, scientists have developed antihistamines, such as loratidine and certrizine, that cause less drowsiness than their predecessors. However, people who use these non-drowsy antihistamines need to be aware of possible incidents of low blood pressure and physical falls among the elderly. Keeping this in mind, one may want to refrain from or limit any alcohol use while taking antihistamines.\nAlcohol changes how medications, including antihistamines, become accessible to the human body. For example, if a person takes an antihistamine while drinking one to several alcoholic drinks over the course of four to five hours (acute drinking), the same metabolizing enzymes that process the antihistamine will attempt to metabolize the alcohol, as well. This exchange could reduce the progression of antihistamines being absorbed into the bloodstream, making the antihistamine less effective. On the other end of the spectrum, long-term drinkers may constantly activate the same enzymes used to metabolize antihistamines that also process alcohol. A chronic drinker, in this case, could develop a tolerance to antihistamines, and it would take more of the antihistamines to be effective.\n\nMost warning labels on antihistamines state not to take them if one imbibes more than three alcoholic drinks daily. Having said this, there is no available research stating exactly how long one needs to avoid alcohol after taking an antihistamine or vice-versa. User information warns about respiratory arrest and death caused by an overdose of antihistamines. Warning labels on antihistamines also caution against the possibility of toxic chemical build-up in the liver as a result of the chemical by-products from mixing antihistamines and alcohol.\n\nSimilarly, it is important not only not to drive when you drink alcohol, but also not to drive or expect your body to respond with quick reflexes if you drink and use antihistamines.\n\nTo be safe, it's healthier and less risky not to mix antihistamines and alcohol. Interactions of alcohol and medications are estimated to be involved in possibly at least 25 percent of emergency room admissions.\n\nIt's in your best interest to discuss your concerns with your prescribing medical provider.
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It should not have any affect of the outcome.\n\nSperm damage from Alcohol takes a lot of alcohol over a long time.
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Your body uses bacteria to process food, if you don't have the correct balance of bacteria in your body (from taking antibiotics) you can get diarrhea and other problems.  Also the natural yeast population increases without the bacteria to balance it and you are more prone to yeast infections.  Your body is a finely balanced organism, tipping the scale one way or the other is never a good idea.  Of course give it some time and rest and it can recover marvelously.
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From: http://alcoholism.about.com/library/blnaa57.htm?iam=metaresults&terms=hiv\n\n\nAlcohol and the Immune System \n\nAlcohol can impair normal immune responses that protect the body from disease (6,7,8). Chronic alcohol consumption has been shown to reduce the number of infection-fighting white blood cells in laboratory animals (9,10,11) and in humans (12,13). Chronic alcohol ingestion or alcohol dependence can depress antibody production and other immune responses in animals (10,9) and in humans (14,15). Alcohol can suppress activities of certain immune system cells, called macrophages, that help keep the lungs free from infection (16,17). In addition, alcoholics appear to be more susceptible to bacterial infections and cancer than are nonalcoholics (18,19). Studies in animals and in humans indicate that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can decrease immune resistance in the offspring (20,21,22). \n\nAlcohol's generally immunosuppressive effects could mean that 1) drinking may increase vulnerability to HIV infection among people exposed to the virus, and that 2) among people who are already HIV infected, alcohol-induced immunosuppression might add to HIV-induced immunosuppression, and speed the onset or exacerbate the pathology of AIDS-related illness. These are complex ideas and areas of intense investigation, but so far only a few studies have been published. Researchers have learned that alcohol can impair white blood cell responses to HIV (23). A provocative study that warrants replication found that a single drinking episode depressed certain immune responses of white blood cells taken from healthy volunteers (24). In addition, white blood cells isolated after this drinking episode were more susceptible to HIV infection than were cells isolated from subjects who did not drink, hinting that even occasional alcohol consumption may increase the likelihood of infection upon exposure to HIV. Whether alcohol use influences the progression of AIDS in persons already infected with HIV has bee n explored in a recent study of homosexual men (25). While these researchers found that neither alcohol nor other drugs seem to influence the progression of HIV infection or the development of AIDS, their results await confirmation. Clearly, more research is needed to understand alcohol's role in HIV infection and the course of ensuing disease. \n\nAlso see this site:\n\nhttp://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa57.htm
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Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. It is rapidly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine, passes into the bloodstream, and is then widely distributed throughout the body. The effects of alcohol on the body are directly related to the amount consumed. In small amounts, alcohol can have a relaxing effect. Adverse effects of alcohol, can include impaired judgment, reduced reaction time, slurred speech, and unsteady gait (i.e., difficulty walking); When consumed rapidly and in large amounts, alcohol can also result in coma and death. In addition, alcohol can interact with a number of prescription and non-prescription medications in ways that can intensify the effect of alcohol, of the medications themselves, or both. Furthermore, alcohol use by pregnant women, can cause serious damage to the developing fetus.\nSO YES IT IS A DRUG.
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you shouldn't drink with any antibotic
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It is best to hold off on that alcoholic drink for four hours after taking your vitamins.  Alcohol interferes with the metabolism of most vitamins, and reduces the absorption of amino acids, glucose, zinc and vitamins in the small intestine.
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Not all antibiotics are the same. There are a few different classes and they have different mechanisms of action and different properties.\n\nSome classes of antibiotics cannot be taken with alcohol because it will make you very sick (by blocking breakdown of alcohol, causing some WICKED hangovers), and it will limit the efficacy of the drugs.\n\nPenicillin-class antibiotics don't usually have bad interactions with alcohol.\n\nHowever, cephalosporin-class antibiotics can make you sick if taken with alcohol. Same thing with metronidazole (Flagyl).\n\nWhat antibiotic are you taking, anyway? Your best bet is to ask your doctor whether the alcohol is safe with your durgs, but in general, NEVER drink alcohol if you're on medications. Alcohol tends to complicate a LOT of meds.\n\nADDENDUM: Augmentin (amoxicillin) is not contraindicated with alcohol, HOWEVER, in general it is not advisable to take this drug with alcohol anyway. The interactions between antibiotics and alcohol are more severe between cephalosporins like Cipro (coprofloxacin), Levaquin (levofloxacin), etc. These side effects include dizziness, nausea, and impaired ability to metabolize alcohol. Per that impairment, the antibiotics are processed in the liver, so if the lvier's busy braking down the drugs, they don't have enough resources to break down booze. so the alcohol doesn't get processed as it normally would, making you intoxication more severe and prolonged. That is, if you think two glasses is a little bit with dinner, the meds can make it feel like you drank 3 times that amount.\n\nWhile you aren't likely to suffer terribly for a little wine with Augmentin (unless you have a history of hepatitis or other liver troubles), it's generally better to abstain from alcohol until you have completed all treatment.
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Yes, keep it in moderation or don't drink at all if your doctor says not to. Some wines actually cause attacks.
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Antibiotics will not work on viral infections, because viruses are not alive and the word ANTI-BIO-TIC means anti-living thing. That's why they work on bacterial infections- bacteria are organisms. \nWhat’s the harm in taking antibiotics\nanytime? Using antibiotics when they are\nnot needed causes some bacteria to become\nresistant to the antibiotic.\nThese resistant bacteria are stronger and\nharder to kill. They can stay in your body\nand can cause severe illnesses that cannot be\ncured with antibiotic medicines. A cure for\nresistant bacteria may require stronger\ntreatment – and possibly a stay in the hospital.\n\nUsing antibiotics for a virus:\n• Will NOT cure the infection\n• Will NOT help you feel better\n• Will NOT keep others from catching\nyour illness
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Alcohol does NOT dissenfect anything. IT is a solvent that is used to clean the surface...has a very low surface tension. In cleaning, most bacteris are wiped away, but alcohol does NOT kill bacteria. Bacteria cannot 'grow' in concentrations much above 10% alcohol, but that doesn't mean they are dead..just dormant. There is no useful purpose in using alcohol of any higher concentration.
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Like most antibiotics, it can have severe effects on the digestive system, but taking Cefuroxime with meals can minimize its side effects. Do NOT take antacids; they may reduce the drug's effect. Acidophilus supplements should be used, as directed, instead of antacids. Tell your doctor if you have medical problems associated with your digestive system or kidneys. Also, like most antibiotics, it is important to finish the prescription, to avoid antibiotic resistance. Cefuroxime is used to treat many different types of bacterial infections such as bronchitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, ear infections, skin infections, gonorrhea, and urinary tract infections.\nCefuroxime is generally well tolerated and side effects are usually transient. Reported side effects include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, rash, hives, vaginitis, headache, and mouth ulcers.
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The alcohol washes the amoxil out of your body to quickly. The amoxil is an antibiotic and needs to stay in your body and fight the infection that it was prescribed for and not be urinated out too quickly(results of drinking beer). The end result is that you may have to go back to the doctor and get more antibiotics because you didn't get well.
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first of all you'll probably void any effect the antibiotic had...also watch out for liver damage
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It all depends on the drug.  Mixing uppers and downers(alcohol is a downer) is a good way to give yourself a heart attack.  Tylenol & booze can cause serious liver problems (even when it isn't taken in 'abuse' doses).  Sometimes certian perscriptions say to avoid alcohol because it lessens the effect of the drug.  For example, antibiotics say don't take with alcohol, but that's because alcohol can cancel some of the effects of the antibiotic... so you may stay sick, but you won't get any sicker.  Obviously, it is not a good idea to mix drugs & alcohol, but if you do be really careful.  You get much more drunk or high doing both at once.  It might sound good, but it could definitely be a bad thing when you wake up next to Chewbaka... or in the gutter.