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Is it Dangerous to Drink Alcohol on Medication?
Welcome to the final episode of this alcohol series, this week we discuss the interactions of alcohol with common medication that you may encounter. As always, our aim is to provide the evidence for you to decide whether alcohol should be apart of your lifestyle and we do so in an unbiased fashion. Within this episode we assess the evidence relating to the proposed mechanism of interactions, proposed outcome and what this means in a practical sense. There is a lot to discuss and we are aware that we cannot cover everything in this episode, also, please see our references below for any further reading.
If you would like to go to a particular section, please click on the time stamp below:
00:07 - Welcome back
00:54 - What did we think of alcohol with medication?
02:12 - How can drugs interact with each other?
02:58 - How can alcohol interact with commonly bought medication?
09:27 - How does alcohol interact with drugs that act on the CNS?
12:37 - What should I be cautious of when taking alcohol with anti-microbial medication?
16:39 - How does alcohol interfere with drugs that work on the cardiovascular system?
18:58 - Alcohol and diabetic medication interaction?
20:07 - Key points to note about alcohol with medication
20:51 - Final thoughts
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As always, this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used in substitute to seeing a healthcare professional. Any questions, please reach out to us and thanks for listening!
Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4498995/#:~:text=Glucuronidation%20is%20the%20main%20pathway,detoxified%20by%20the%20glutathione%20pathway
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7038249/#:~:text=Available%20data%20support%20that%20oral,are%20equivocal%20for%20trimethoprim%2Dsulfamethoxazole
Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview
https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ - Alcoholic anonymous
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By ByoleteWelcome to the final episode of this alcohol series, this week we discuss the interactions of alcohol with common medication that you may encounter. As always, our aim is to provide the evidence for you to decide whether alcohol should be apart of your lifestyle and we do so in an unbiased fashion. Within this episode we assess the evidence relating to the proposed mechanism of interactions, proposed outcome and what this means in a practical sense. There is a lot to discuss and we are aware that we cannot cover everything in this episode, also, please see our references below for any further reading.
If you would like to go to a particular section, please click on the time stamp below:
00:07 - Welcome back
00:54 - What did we think of alcohol with medication?
02:12 - How can drugs interact with each other?
02:58 - How can alcohol interact with commonly bought medication?
09:27 - How does alcohol interact with drugs that act on the CNS?
12:37 - What should I be cautious of when taking alcohol with anti-microbial medication?
16:39 - How does alcohol interfere with drugs that work on the cardiovascular system?
18:58 - Alcohol and diabetic medication interaction?
20:07 - Key points to note about alcohol with medication
20:51 - Final thoughts
Sign up to our newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/c15c44eee6a0/thechemistcouplepodcast
You can also watch this podcast episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAf1zFQF4_dyVG4z8DD0_3Q
As always, this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used in substitute to seeing a healthcare professional. Any questions, please reach out to us and thanks for listening!
Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4498995/#:~:text=Glucuronidation%20is%20the%20main%20pathway,detoxified%20by%20the%20glutathione%20pathway
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7038249/#:~:text=Available%20data%20support%20that%20oral,are%20equivocal%20for%20trimethoprim%2Dsulfamethoxazole
Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview
https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/ - Alcoholic anonymous