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Does kombucha tea have enough alcohol to interact with paromomycin or tinizadole?

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Dr. Su Fairchild answered

Specializes in Integrative Medicine

No: Probably not. The alcohol in kombucha is not significant enough to interact with those medications.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/16/2018

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