Alcohol

Can you drink Beer while taking Monodox

[Guardian07]

Why take the risk and lose your life over a beer!  dont drink with any meds not even cough medicine! gosh

[fabulous77]

Although antibiotics are relatively safe drugs, as stated, there are some side effects. These side effects could potentially become exacerbated if a person ingests alcohol when taking antibiotics. Furthermore, the mixture of both antibiotics and alcohol can also have some additional negative effects on the body.

    Alcohol and the Effectiveness of Antibiotics

        Alcohol does not effect the effectiveness of the majority of antibiotics. However, antibiotics within the tetracycline group, including doxycycline, are hindered by alcohol. If alcohol is consumed while taking a tetraycycline antibiotic, the antibiotic may prove to be less effective at treating the bacteria or virus. A longer course of the antibiotic would thus be required. This can be risky, because by taking a longer course of the antibiotic you are increasing your body's resistance to antibiotics. Thus, antibiotics in the future may prove less effective at killing disease.
    Tetraycycline Antibiotics That Could be Affected by Alcohol

        Tetraycycline Antibiotics include: doxycyclines, including Doryx, Bio-Tab, Vibra-Tabs, Doxy-Caps, Periostat, Monodox, Vibramycin and Doxychel; monocylcine hydrochlorides including Minocin, Dynacin and Vectrin; oxytetracycline hydrochlorides including Uri-Tet and Terramycin, tetracycline hydrochlorides including Panmycin, Sumycin, Tetralan, Robitet, Achromycin V, Tetracyn, Teline and Tetracap and finally demeclocycline hydrochlorides including Declomycin.
    Alcohol, Antibiotics and Your Liver

        Antibiotics travel through the bloodstream to the bacteria, fungi or site that the antibiotics are intended to treat. Once antibiotics act on the relevant site, antibiotics are metabolized and eliminated from the body. This process of bodily enzymes breaking down the antibiotic and removing it from your body, occurs in the liver.

        Alcohol also is metabolized and removed from your body in your liver. When alcohol and antibiotics compete for the liver's resources, this can keep either the antibiotic or the alcohol in your body for longer than it should be, if the metabolic process was not being hindered by the interaction.

        This reaction increases the risk of dangerous side effects, both from the over consumption of alcohol and from the antibiotics.


Read more: What Happens When You Drink Alcohol While on Antibiotics? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5124111_happens-drink-alcohol-antibiotics.html#ixzz1dTkWjEa6