When taking drugs, people often face the problem: how long after antibiotics you can drink alcohol.It is difficult to say how long it is to completely eliminate body medications;No doctor will definitely answer this question, because the action of all antibiotics is different.In addition, there are diseases when the patient is prescribed not only antibiotics, but also a special diet.In this case, alcohol is prohibited.
About drugs
Antibiotics: products of the life of microorganisms (they are often fungi and their synthetic derivatives).They are used to treat infections caused by bacteria.All of them occur in both capsules and tablets, because they are very convenient.
However, for any antibiotic there are general reception rules:
- Any medication can be prescribed only by a doctor, depending on the severity of the disease and the characteristics of the patient's body.
- Antibiotics are not used as a treatment for viral diseases.
- The result of the action of any antibiotic is considered in the first three days: if the medicine helps, it is not recommended to interrupt the treatment.If the symptoms continue to progress, then you must consult a doctor again.
- The course of the treatment does not stop if the nausea or the unpleasant taste in the mouth is manifested.
- You cannot control the dose that the doctor prescribed: too small doses of antibiotics are dangerous for the human body.
Important!It should be remembered that the car -medical is always dangerous for the body.
The amount of time necessary to eliminate the antibiotic from the body depends on many factors.Each of the medications has its own characteristics, but most excrete from the body with urine through the kidneys or (if the dose is small) in the form of bile through the intestines.Very small doses can be shown in other ways: through sweat, sebaceous, salivary or sputum glands.
If you need to find out the ways to eliminate a certain medication, you must read the instructions.For any antibiotic, this information is indicated in the pharmacokinetic element.
Some drugs can be excreted after 6-12 hours, but there are those that are delayed in the body for 1-2 weeks.
In addition, it should be taken into account that the muscle tissue quickly eliminates the antibiotic, after it is fat and only then bone.
After a standard course and, most importantly, successful of antibiotics, alcohol cannot be drunk for 3-5 days.
But there are exceptions in chronic diseases when the treatment course is carried out repeatedly.In this case, refraining from alcohol is worth 2-4 weeks.
Alcohol during treatment
If a person is prescribed an antibiotic course, then it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol.Doctors point out that a more effective treatment in those who do not drink alcohol or during the disease or after it.
- The most important reasons are the interaction of alcohol molecules and antibiotics.In this situation, toxic substances can be released.
- In the context of alcohol, an antibiotic becomes less effective or useless at all.
- Hepatotoxic alcohol antibiotics (affects the liver).If you use them at the same time, the load in the liver intensifies.
When you can drink alcohol after taking antibiotics and how much, it is better to ask your doctor to avoid unpleasant consequences.
In any case, there is a small group of antibiotics with which alcohol is allowed.These include:
- antifungal;
- Penicillins;
- Heliomitsin;
- Ansomicinas;
- Glucopeptides
The speed of elimination of funds
A person feels the toxic effect of antibiotics for a long time after the treatment course.
As already mentioned, most of them is shown in the urine.Each medication is absorbed and besieged in the body of a different amount of time.
If you have that opportunity, it is better not to drink alcohol.
Fragile immunity after the disease is not always ready for the toxic effects of ethyl alcohol.
That affects it
The main factor that affects the drug excretion rate is its chemical composition.But the path of introducing an antibiotic is also important.The parents' route (without going through the digestive tract) acts more efficiently and faster (16-24 hours), but the specialist must be injected.At home, the entral route (through the gastrointestinal tract): tablets and capsules can be taken at home.
The time required to eliminate the antibiotic from the body may depend on age;In elderly people, this happens more slowly.In addition, excretion can inhibit the work of the kidneys, the liver or the genitourinary system.Toxins are excreted faster with an abundant drink of fermented liquidated products.
The consequences of joint reception
Often, people, without hesitation, drink alcohol with antibiotics and affirm that the annotation does not indicate how much time it cannot drink alcohol and if there is a prohibition of their intake in general.But it should be remembered that pharmaceutical companies produce antibiotics for treatment, and not to combine with alcohol, so they will not verify such reactions.
No doctor can predict the exact reaction in his body and how he affects the course of the disease.Alcohol use during antibiotics can lead to serious consequences.Consider some of them:
- Violation of liver functions.In this case, the liver may not eliminate harmful products, but absorb all toxins in their cells.
- Severe allergic reaction (Quincke edema, anaphylactic shock).
- There may be body poisoning (nausea, vomiting, headache, cramps, abdominal pain).
- Heart problems may occur, a stroke or a myocardial infarction will be developed.
- Increased or reduced blood pressure (blood pressure).
It should be remembered that with a combination of drugs with alcohol, ethanol is not divided.Hence the consequences: most of the harmful substances of alcoholic beverages will accumulate in the organs and tissues of a person.
The most dangerous "cocktails"
Many antibiotics are not compatible with any alcohol.For example:
- Fruitorchinolons, mixing with alcohol, acts negatively on the nervous system and can lead to coma.
- Tetracyclicals are delayed for a long time in the body, they can destroy some liver cells and, therefore, alcohol intake is possible in three days.
- Aminoglycosides can be the cause of complications in the ear and kidneys (alcohol is possible after 2 weeks).
- The nervous system and liver are damaged by lyncosamide (alcohol is possible after 4 days).
- Macrolides can cause liver cirrhosis (alcohol is possible after 4 days).
All anti -TB drugs cause hepatitis, in this case any alcohol is prohibited.
First aid
The first action is an ambulance call.Determine how long it has passed from poisoning, and be sure to save the remains of the substances that caused poisoning, this will help the doctor.
If the victim is aware, he needs to drink a lot of water and then cause vomiting for irritation of the rear wall of the larynx.After washing your stomach, you must give the victim any sorbente (for example, activated carbon).
Place the patient in a convenient horizontal position, observe breathing and pulse.Wait for the arrival of the ambulance.
Result
Antibiotics are a very serious medicine.A person who takes antibiotics must clearly follow the instructions that bind to these drugs.Not all antibiotics can be combined with alcohol, at best, the drug will simply not help, and in the worst case they can cause death.