A 40-year-old member asked:
very tempted to drink a shot, a wine cooler, etc. what can drinking alcohol do to someone on medications?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 57 years experience
Depends on the meds: It depends on the medication.As a rule you do not drink alcohol if you are on narcotics, sedatives and other meds which are toxic to liver like tylenol (acetaminophen).
You should ask your doctor or pharmacist if you can or can not drink alcohol while you are taking the meds.
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A Verified Doctoranswered
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Depends on meds: Alcohol has a large number of drug interactions that can effect many medications, reducing their concentrations in the body and thus their effect. In some cases the interaction can be very dangerous, others less so. One shot, or one wine cooler, is very unlikely to do much of anything, but i suspect you are talking larger amounts of alcohol. If you have problems, seek help through your doctor.
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