Are you an alcoholic?

[sasguru]

The potency was probably lessened, please refer to my earlier post in this thread.

So why is it an urban myth (your words) that you shouldn't drink alcohol with antibiotics?

[SueEllen]

How do you know the antibiotics worked?

I've drank alcohol too while being on amoxicillin. I only know it worked because I didn't get an infection or my infection cleared up, plus there is no evidence the amoxicillin interacts with alcohol.

I do however know that some people have adverse reactions to amoxicillin which means they can throw up or worse.

I was prescribed mitronazdole for a week and refused to take it past 5 days because I wanted to go out and party. I was young and didn't care for the words "antibiotic resistant infections" ...........

[Bagpuss]

If only Apple made antibiotics, you'd be able to take them with alcohol and illicit drugs to your hearts content

[sasguru]

. I only know it worked because I didn't get an infection or my infection cleared up,.....

Too many confounding factors. It could have cleared up of its own accord or because of something else you did. Can't really know without a control group.
I worked in clinical trials in an earlier life, so know of what I speak.

[PAH]

I worked in clinical trials in an earlier life, so know of what I speak.

They still haven't sussed you've escaped? Must be the disguise.

[NotAllThere]

Apparently alcohol may increase the effectiveness of some antibiotics, and only in chronic drinkers will there be a decrease.

I like the phrasing:

Only (a) few classes of antibiotics should be avoided when drinking alcohol.

So, it looks possible then that you just need to avoid
Metronidazole, Tinidazole – the side-effects include flushing, breathlessness, headache, increased or irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, nausea and vomiting.
furazolidone (Furoxone),
griseofulvin (Grisactin),
Antimalarial Quinacrine (Atabrine)…

So most of us can continue drinking.

[Bagpuss]

Apparently alcohol may increase the effectiveness of some antibiotics, and only in chronic drinkers will there be a decrease.

I like the phrasing:

Only (a) few classes of antibiotics should be avoided when drinking alcohol.

So, it looks possible then that you just need to avoid
Metronidazole, Tinidazole – the side-effects include flushing, breathlessness, headache, increased or irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, nausea and vomiting.
furazolidone (Furoxone),
griseofulvin (Grisactin),
Antimalarial Quinacrine (Atabrine)…

So most of us can continue drinking.

Even if the doctor tells you not to?

[cailin maith]

Apparently alcohol may increase the effectiveness of some antibiotics, and only in chronic drinkers will there be a decrease.

I like the phrasing:

Only (a) few classes of antibiotics should be avoided when drinking alcohol.

So, it looks possible then that you just need to avoid
Metronidazole, Tinidazole – the side-effects include flushing, breathlessness, headache, increased or irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, nausea and vomiting.
furazolidone (Furoxone),
griseofulvin (Grisactin),
Antimalarial Quinacrine (Atabrine)…

So most of us can continue drinking.

Not me - that top one, is what the dentist gave me

[NotAllThere]

Just carried on looking at other links - NHS Direct, Mayo Clinic, and they confirm the above. Except the mayo clinic also says that "trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim) — should not be mixed with alcohol because this may result in a more severe reaction"

And that's the one I'm on. Funny that the NHS Direct site says no known interaction.

Now what do I do. I hate the internet, it's so confusing. But I would have thought the mayo clinic would have been fairly authoritative.



Can someone on a UK site check the document on this link and see what it says. I'm not allowed to see it, being a johnny foreigner.

[Bagpuss]

try the HP sauce clinic