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Can you drink alcohol while taking cephalexin?
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Shouldn't: All antibiotics in the "beta-lactam" group that includes pennicillin, amoxicillin, Ampicillin and the cephlosporins like Cephalexin are excreted(peed out) more rapidly after alcohol-thus lessening their effective time in your body.
Answered 2/11/2020
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Keflex: I would not recommend that, due to excess load on the liver.
Answered 4/17/2020
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Don't: Better to not mix antibiotics and alcohol!
Answered 8/18/2017
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