Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Food Drug Interaction

Common Medication Which Cant Take With Alcohol

Combination of acetaminophen and alcohol will lead an synergistic effect that harm our stomach and lead to ulceration bleeding. In addition , combination will lead to a toxic compound which lead to liver toxicity or reduce liver function.

Brand name Of This Medication : Panadol , Tylenol

  • Benzodiazepines Deriavtive Drug
Combination will lead to excessive concentration in blood. Toxicity will happen and most serious effect is respiratory depression might occur which might lead to death.

  • Chorpropamide
Concurrent with alcohol will lead to inhibition of liver enzyme. It might delay the clearance of chlopropamide and lead to hypoglycemia and hypotension

Brand name Of This Medication : Diabenase
  • Cimetidine
Cimetidine is a Liver enzyme inhibitor. Concurrent with alcohol will lead to delay of the alcohol in body. It will lead to get drunk easily (than usual) and hanging effect of the alcohol.



Brand name Of This Medication : Tagamat

Warfarin is an anticoagulant agent which use in as prevention of drug clotting.Concurrent with alcohol will lead to synergistic effect and lead to uncontrolled bleeding. Death will occur if uncontrolled bleeding in brain , stomach.

Brand name Of This Medication : Marevan , Coumadin

  • Furesemide
It act as diuretic which use for patient present with edema or high blood pressure. Since alcohol also diuretic. Synergistic effect will happen and might lead to hypotension since loss of excessive fluid in body.

Brand name Of This Medication : Lasix

It is an anti depressant drug. When take conccurent with alcohol, alcohol will delay the clearence of the drug and excessive absorption will lead high concentration in our body. Overdosage of this medication are hallucination , tremor , loss of appetie and nausea and vomitting.

Brand name Of This Medication : Tryptanol , Laroxyl , Saroten

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