Drinking alcohol while taking medication can be fatal
Introduction: Expert doctors remind that you should avoid drinking alcohol while taking medication, or taking medicine with alcohol instead of water. If you are not careful, it could be fatal at any time. Alcohol is actually a type of medicine. If taken with other drugs, it may cause adverse reactions, and in severe cases, it can be life-threatening.
1. Alcohol can increase the absorption rate of the anti-asthma drug theophylline and can also dissolve the slow-release agent in theophylline sustained-release tablets, causing them to lose their sustained-release effect and shortening the duration of the drug's efficacy.
2. If you drink alcohol while taking antihypertensive drugs like reserpine, compound reserpine, or compound dihydralazine, it will not lower your blood pressure. Instead, it can cause a sharp increase in blood pressure, leading to hypertensive encephalopathy and myocardial infarction.
3. If you drink alcohol shortly after taking the anti-epileptic drug phenytoin sodium, the drug's effect will be quickly lost, significantly reducing its therapeutic effect and making it difficult to control seizures.
4. Alcohol should also be avoided when taking the anti-epileptic drug carbamazepine because it reduces the patient's tolerance to the medication.