Anoxycillin and booze

amoxicillin doesn't really do much if you drink whilst on it. but as a rule its best to never drink whilst on antibiotics just so you never come a cropper.
its certainly fine for you to have a drink now
thing is if you've jus cleared an infection i think you'll prbably react badly to a smoky pub.

Basically i had a chest infection last week and finished my course of prednisolone and amoxycillin this morning. Anyway i know i cant take any alcohol with amoxicillin but i really want to know why.. Even though im off them what would happen if i had a couple of pints while taking them? Also is it ok to drink on friday evening when i finished the course today?

Thanks in advance

Markus

maybe not a coma but you could end up spewing your guts out rather dramatically

Let antibiotics do their work. Don't mess with them. End.

Never. ever. take. drugs. with. alcohol. No matter what the prescription or internet says.

Back when my uncle was 11yo and on antibiotics (he was running a fever and the doctor dished some antibiotics out, nothing too serious), a neighbour "mistakenly" gave him alcohol to down the antibiotics with instead of water.

My uncle is now a 40yo retarded man with the brain of a 5yo, has a paralysed arm, and recently became wheelchair-bound. I'm surprised he hasn't passed yet (as is the entire family). And no, i'm not exaggarating one bit.

Although that's a tragic tale and of course I sympathise with your uncle and your family, the sort of scaremongering you're going in for here really isn't helpful. Firstly, it was thirty years ago -- medicines are likely to have changed and become less dangerous; secondly, what antibiotic was it? I'm presuming it's one that did specifically say no alcohol; thirdly, was it definitely entirely down to the alcohol? Or was your uncle naturally allergic?

It's a story everyone should be learning from. I'm not forcing it down your throat, take away what you want to.

Medicine and alcohol continue to fundamentally be the same, as they were 30 years ago.

I don't know what drug exactly he was on, but i'm going to stick with my advice. When you're on antibiotics, it mean's you're unwell, and your body's immune system is hard at work fighting off the bad bacteria and foreign germs. You have no business taking alcohol when your body is in such a state.

And yes, the doctor confirmed that the paralysis was caused by a reaction between the drug and the alcohol. It wasn't an allergic reaction.

I don't know what drug exactly he was on, but i'm going to stick with my advice. When you're on antibiotics, it mean's you're unwell, and your body's immune system is hard at work fighting off the bad bacteria and foreign germs. You have no business taking alcohol when your body is in such a state.

Obviously it's not a good idea to drink alcohol when you're actually unwell, regardless of whether or not you're taking antibiotics or other medicine. But that's quite a different issue from adverse reactions occurring between alcohol and antibiotics.

The chances are nothing serious would happen if you did. However drinking alcohol may reduce the effectiveness of the drug as alcohol may increase the excretion rate (urine) or slow down the rate at which the drugs are broken down (as alcohol is a depressant). I think there are only a couple of antibiotics that cause more serious problems when taken with alcohol, and amoxycillin isn't one of those.

Obviously it's not a good idea to drink alcohol when you're actually unwell, regardless of whether or not you're taking antibiotics or other medicine. But that's quite a different issue from adverse reactions occurring between alcohol and antibiotics.

Well im not actually sick right now. The antibiotics sorted the prob 3 days into getting the damn infection. I'll only be having a couple of drinks on friday anyway and i know i should be fine.

Thanks for all the info.