bp 500/125 mg?
Medication - can you have alcohol when on co-amoxiclav tablets?
Question posted by kazzzzzzzy on 22 Dec 2014
Last updated on 23 February 2018 by Freegen
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Freegen
23 Feb 2018
The reason doctor's advise against drinking alcohol while taking anti biotics is not due, mostly, to an interaction between alcohol and the medication... It is more to do with how your body processes both drugs. By drinking alcohol you are increasing your body's natural disposal functions. People tend to pee more when drinking a beer. This means the anti biotic gets processed through your system quicker, resulting in a lower amount of time the drug is effective in your system.
Delila
23 Dec 2014
The alcohol will effect the efficacy of the medication, so it's not a good idea
TryfanUK
17 March 2015
From the NHS website:
"Alcohol can interact with certain medicines.
In the case of Amoxicillin trihydrate/Potassium clavulanate:
there are no known interactions between alcohol and Amoxicillin trihydrate/Potassium clavulanate"
So, apparently not, no.
TryfanUK
17 March 2015
As in, no, there's apparently no reason why you can't drink alcohol while on this drug.
TryfanUK
17 March 2015
Not according to the NHS website:
Alcohol can interact with certain medicines.
In the case of Amoxicillin trihydrate/Potassium clavulanate:
there are no known interactions between alcohol and Amoxicillin trihydrate/Potassium clavulanate
Delila
18 March 2015
OK, just passing on what my doctor told me in the past... maybe the information in this case has been updated? Thanks for posting
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