Amoxicillin Alcohol

Examples of simple organic compounds—methane, a component in natural gas ethanol, the alcohol in beer and wine and trichloroflouromethane, a refrigerant and aerosol propellant implicated in ozone destruction Some complex organic compounds that are useful dmgs—the antibiotic amoxicillin, the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac), and AZT, a drug used to treat HTV... 

Draw patient s attention to the patient information leaflets (PILs) and ask if she has any questions. She asks if she can drink alcohol while taking the antibiotics. What would be your response You should advise the patient that it is alright to drink alcohol while taking amoxicillin tablets. However, if the patient is pregnant, it would be advisable to avoid alcohol during her pregnancy to prevent any harm to the fetus. 

Amoxicillin sodium salt is manufactured either by suspension of the trihydrate in water or a mixture of water and an alcohol such as isopropanol, dissolution by addition of sodium hydroxide solution and isolation by lyophilisation or spray drying, or by a precipitation method in which sodium ethylhexanoate in a solvent such as isopropanol is added to amoxicillin dissolved in an organic solvent by addition of an amine such as triethylamine. 

Hie stability of amoxicillin sodium salt in various intravenous infusion fluids has been studied [33-35], Degradation was faster at the higher amoxicillin concentrations [33] and particularly in fluids containing dextrose, dextran or sorbitol [33-35], Other studies also showed a deleterious effect of carbohydrates and alcohols on the stability of amoxicillin in solution [36,37],... 

Can I drink alcohol if I am taking ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, or amoxicillin ... 

No adverse interaction normally occurs between alcohol and phe-noxymethylpenicillin or amoxicillin. 

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