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I drunk alcohol while on an antibiotic for gonorrhea. will it stop the medication from working?

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It should still work: A normal healthy person drinking a couple of alcoholic drinks should see no change in the effectiveness of her antibiotics. Haven't heard of any research studies looking into what happens when a specific larger number of alcoholic drinks is combined with gonorrhea therapy... but it's best not to do any heavy drinking anyway.

Answered 9/23/2015

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