Can You Drink Alcohol While Taking Erythromycin Stearate?
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There are no specific contraindications to use of alcohol while on this medication. However, erythromycin is primarily metabolized by the liver, and general common sense would indicate you should be caution about the concommitant use of alcohol.
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No not safe at all.....\n\nThrow in a few shots a vodka and a Rufi... it could be a good night.
288237
If it's an bacterial infection - you may need to take 2 different antibiotics at the same time. If you're vomiting - maybe take an anti-emetic. But it sounds like you need to get to a hospital and they can tell you if you have an infection by doing a blood test. Make sure your course of antibiotics is long enough too. Check the strength of the antibiotics - if they are 250Mg - maybe you need 500mg. Don't drink alcohol with the antibiotics. If you have to pay for medical treatment and don't have full insurance cover go to a charity funded hospital for help. You haven't given enough info for a better answer - but go to a better doctor!
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Yes, you can drink alcohol or smoke after taking azithromycin. Your sexual contacts need to be treated as well.  I always use doxycycline 100mg twice a day for 10-14 days. And drinking is not recommended with doxycycline, as it may make you vomit up the pill.  OK, I just looked it up, the way to take azithromycin is to take 1 gram of it all at once.  Then you aren't supposed to have sex for 7 days afterwards, apparantly because the azithromycin has a long half life, it stays in your blood for several days, and it may take that long to kill the chlamydia.  But, yeah, you can drink.  These cures don't always work the first time.  Sometimes you have to take another course, or a different antibiotic.
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There is no specific interaction between alcohol and amoxicillin. Of course, drinking heavily can make it hard to take any medication, or to keep down breakfast, for that matter. You may hear people say they got sick after heavy partying while on antibiotics, but usually this is not an interaction. \n\nThe antibiotic that CANNOT be taken with any alcohol (not a sniff, not even heavy alcohol based aftershave!) is metronidazole (Flagyl). It causes a nasty reaction with alcohol similar to the drug antabuse which is used to try and help alcoholics stay sober.
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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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What did the pharmacy hand out say? Good rule of thumb...never drink alcoholic beverages while on certain medications especially antibx (nasty GI effects & med looses effectivnesss fighting through the booze to work). Call the pharmacy that filled the medication and ask the RPh or follow up with your Dr.'s office.
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My brother, who is an alcoholic, is no different from any other person when it comes to infectious diseases.  They take colds, flu, gout, and even pheumonia (for some types of infectious diseases) all the time.  That I am aware of, alcohol doesn't kill any kind of bacteria nor does if fight off any kind of viral infection any better than most other liquids.
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Ask your doctor about the safe use of alcoholic beverages while you are taking paroxetine.\nPlease see the web pages for more details on Paroxetine.
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I dont advise it although the drug interaction is just moderate. Alcohol may potentiate some of the pharmacologic effects of CNS-active agents. Use in combination may result in additive central nervous system depression and impairment of judgment, thinking, and psychomotor skills.
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You absolutely should not drink while taking medications.  Alcohol affects different types of medicines in different ways and can cause you problems.
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Yes an alternative is clindamycin and in serious cases, one of the newer fluoroquinolone antibiotics. For example, moxifloxacin, levofloxacin, gatifloxacin etc.. You'll need a prescription for any of these, so get off to a doctor or dentist a.s.a.p. before it gets worse. If you're sensitive to the penicilin family of antibioics you are probably also sensitive to the cephalosporin group too. Tell the doctor about your sensitivity. Incidentally metronidazole (Flagyl), and alcohol will give the mother of all hangovers. Absolutely, no alcohol consumption when you are on that very good antibiotic.\nDoc. Dan.
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The realistic answer is it probably won't bother you at all. Even if you were to take your effexor you would still be able to have a few beers. Yes, alcohol does amplify the effects of medications like ativan but one isn't going to kill you (as long as you don't binge drink).\nThe party line answer (what pharmacists and doctors are supposed to tell you) is that you shouldn't mix benzos (ativan) and alcohol for risk of serious side effects.\n\n--- have fun, but be careful ---
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This is a bad idea.  Both have similar effects and enhance each other.  This is a good way to end up in the hospital or an early grave.  Depressant/sedative drugs should not be mixed with other drugs or alcohol
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Yes you can. There are prescription medicines that disqualify you as well as having a cold or feeling ill but alcohol isn't a factor.
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You can drink ANYTHING your heart desires! BUT.. and i repeat BUT, DO NOT... drink while taking your pain killers!!!!! That could be suicidal, if you do. Your asking for trouble, if you drink alcohol while taking (ANY) your pain meds! SO DONT.... do both!!!!!!
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most antibiotics become less effective or ineffective when you drink.  I wouldn't do it myself.  Usually, when you fill a prescription like this, it has a warning label that you should not drink alcohol with this product.  Check the package.