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Can you die from drinking on antabuse (disulfiram)?

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Doubt it: It is unlikely. If you are of poor health, the stress may be severe enough; however, in healthy patients, it does not happen. I had one patient do 3-4 shots before they started having a reaction, they had the expected reaction of flushing and nausea which lasted 6 hours. Many of my patients can drink up to half drink before a reaction starts. That is why it should be used with other measures.

Answered 7/28/2019

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Antabuse: Deaths from disulfiram combined with alcohol use have been reported but mostly occurred in the remote past when higher doses were prescribed & it was used more in cardiac patients. Deaths at this time would be rare. REF: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10348093/#:~:text=Deaths%20from%20the%20disulfiram%2Dalcohol,suggest%20that%20disulfiram%20causes%20cancer.

Answered 1/23/2021

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