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4 days ago i had 4 wisdom teeth removed and was prescribed 20mg of celebrex,codeine, and 500mg of antibiotics to take everyday for the next 2 weeks. the celebrex says not to consume alcohol while being medicated on it but can i if i miss out 1 day.
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No: More important than the Celebrex, you don't want to mix codeine and alcohol. The drugs stay in your system for a while so taking a day off to drink alcohol is a bad idea.
Answered 7/30/2017
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No: Follow Oral Surgeon"s instructions to the letter. Alcohol coupled with missing proper antibiotic dose can alter the titer in your blood stream, exposing you to infection flare-up. Alcohol and pain meds can potential each other, making it unsafe for you to drive or make cognitive decisions. No, skipping meds and substituting alcohol is at best foolish, at worst dangerous.
Answered 8/2/2017
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