What I have learned today on CUK already

[SueEllen]

Yes.

This is from one of the drug manufacturers

Metronidazole
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/metronidazole.html
"Ethanol/Nutrition/Herb Interactions

Ethanol: The manufacturer recommends to avoid all ethanol or any ethanol-containing drugs (may cause disulfiram-like reaction characterized by flushing, headache, nausea, vomiting, sweating or tachycardia). "


If you search for other antibiotics like amoxicillin and ampicillin you won't find this information. (I can't think of any more commonly prescribed antibiotics.)

[oracleslave]

Cfk = Hrh

No chance. CFK can at least converse in English and display some level of rational thought.

[sasguru]

I refer the honourable gentleman to the bit about antibiotics...

I refer the honourable gentleman to the comment:

"Perhaps the respectable medical doctor has never heard of the disulfuram reaction, from which I almost died some years ago, because I had not been informed of the side-effects of mixing alkohol and 3rd generation cephalosporins - any medical book of pharmacology gives detailed information about it."

I wouldn't quote the Times as a definitive guide to medical practice. Most doctors are behind the times.

[Xenophon]

I wouldn't quote the Times as a definitive guide to medical practice. Most doctors are behind the times.

I see what you've done there.

[Lucy]

I see what you've done there.

It's sas showing his wit.

[BrilloPad]

I refer the honourable gentleman to the bit about antibiotics...

honourable?

[BrilloPad]

It's sas showing his wit.

He knows more about wit than you do about councelling.

[oracleslave]

He knows more about wit than you do about councelling.

Counselling ffs.