If you’re taking antibiotics, it’s likely that you are fighting an infection. Sometimes, you’ll feel sick and not want to do much of anything. But other times, the antibiotics may work quickly, and you’ll feel better even though you still have several days worth of antibiotics left to finish the course. With newly improved health, it may be tempting to want to go out, do things and drink alcohol. But can you drink on antibiotics?
Dr. Neha Narula, a family medicine physician with Stanford Healthcare, says this is a question doctors get often.
She says, generally, drinking while on antibiotics is not recommended. It may not be the news you wanted to hear, but your body will thank you for it later.
Narula advises against drinking while taking antibiotics for a few reasons.
Besides alcohol, there are a few other things you should avoid while taking antibiotics. Narula says that specific guidelines are given to an individual patient and depend on the specific antibiotic as well as their personal medical history. But she also provided some general guidelines for everyone taking an antibiotic:
In short, it’s probably better to rest and let your body heal rather than drink while you are on antibiotics.
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