Whether it is possible to drink alcohol at the use of Ceftriaxone: consequences, responses

The folk wisdom says: "From prison and from money you can not be saved."You can also add here - it is not always possible to be saved from illness. Sometimes you have to swallow antibiotics, while on vacation on the sea, where there are so many all kinds of entertainment, coupled with an indispensable drink. However, it is worth remembering that not all antibiotics can be combined with alcoholic amusements. What if the doctor recommended treatment with ceftriaxone?

Ceftriaxone - what kind of antibiotic?

Ceftriaxone is a third generation cephalosporin. This antibiotic is active against many pathological microorganisms: staphylococci, Klebsiella, Escherichia coli, Shigella and many others. The antibiotic is available in a single form - glass bottles with powder, from which a solution for injecting into the muscle is made.

Ceftriaxone can be used to treat many infectious diseases:

• of meningitis;
• of ENT organs;
• of the abdominal organs, including peritonitis;
• genital organs;
• respiratory tract;
• salmonellosis;
• infected wounds, burns.

After injection, Ceftriaxone is rapidly absorbed and spreads through the bloodstream through the body, acting exactly where it is needed - it penetrates into the joints, the airways, the skin, the bones and the cerebrospinal fluid. As a rule, the drug is fairly well tolerated by most patients and rarely causes secondary negative events.

The injection of Ceftriaxone is considered quite painful, especially if the solution is prepared without the use of lidocaine. In this regard, there may be some seals at the injection site.

Ceftriaxone, despite its extensive scope, has some contraindications. So, the drug in no case can be shown to persons who are hypersensitive to any of the substances that make up the drug. Do not use the antibiotic in the first trimester of pregnancy, as well as during lactation. It is possible to consider alternative treatment if the patient has liver and kidney pathologies.

It is not necessary to treat lightly the treatment with antibiotics, this is a serious medicine that, in combination with other substances that enter the body, can lead to unpleasant consequences.

Interaction with alcohol

Now the public is actively promoting the view that alcohol in compatibility with antibiotics will not bring any harm to the patient, and even vice versa - alcohol will strengthen the action of the medicine, and the process of recovery will go much more actively. But is it possible to drink alcohol during the use of Ceftriaxone, are they compatible?

In the case of ceftriaxone, the patient should be extremely careful when using alcohol, and it is more correct to completely eliminate ethanol from his diet. The fact is that some cephalosporins have such a side effect, which in combination with alcohol causes a reaction similar to the strongest poisoning. This phenomenon is described by specialists as a disulfiram-like reaction.

Such manifestations are observed in patients with alcoholism who are under the influence of coding with preparations containing disulfiram.

This remedy blocks the splitting of alcohol, and the drunk person experiences the strongest intoxication:

• blood rush to the face;
• is the strongest tachycardia;
• nausea and vomiting;
• sudden pressure jumps;
• abdominal pain.

Ceftriaxone can also cause such symptoms in combination with alcohol, which is why specialists do not advise patients taking antibiotic treatment to consume alcohol.

Consequences of combining

Intoxication, similar to that found in coded patients, may not be apparent in a patient undergoing Ceftriaxone therapy. Moreover, many of those who drank speak about the absence of any consequences. But it should be remembered that all chemical preparations, including alcohol, are detoxified in the liver. Antibiotics are no exception. A single use of a small amount of alcohol, of course, does not cause a significant harm to the liver and kidneys, but here a frequent application to the bottle and in particular the intake of alcohol in large portions will not lead to anything good. Formation of medicinal hepatitis, and later also cirrhosis of the liver - these are the long-term effects that can be expected with frequent combination of drugs and alcohol.

Also known is the ability of ethanol, as an increase in adverse events. It is likely that an evening drink after a morning prick will cause severe diarrhea or headache. The patient can write off these reactions to a hangover syndrome, but in fact, a specialist can only distinguish a hangover from a poisoned organism with drugs in combination with alcohol. The existing intoxication suggests that the liver and kidneys have not coped with this load, and they need a recovery period. If at such a moment the patient decides to remove the hangover with another dose of alcohol, the consequences can be completely deplorable.

When can I drink?

The answer to this question is unambiguous - it is better not to combine at all. It is difficult to imagine a situation in which the use of alcohol during treatment is an indispensable attribute. To keep from alcohol can not unless the patient is alcoholic, but such, as a rule, rarely turn to the therapist for the treatment of infectious diseases.

And yet, after what time can I drink a little? If the patient forgot and after a morning prick later in the evening allowed himself to drink a glass of beer, then this combination is unlikely to bring any significant harm. But it is not necessary to repeat this experiment too often.

Conclusions

Despite the active campaign in recent years, propagandizing the absence of any harm from combining antibiotics and alcohol, practitioners with their reviews still save their patients from such a combination. And this is correct - an unhealthy organism needs treatment and strength to recover from the disease, and not the burden on the organs in the form of neutralizing alcohol toxins. Everything has its time!