What to do if you take cefadroxil tablets and drink alcohol

Taking cephalosporin tablets and drinking alcohol should be closely observed for symptoms, and if symptoms of disulfiram reaction appear, send the patient to the doctor in time. If taking cephalosporin and drinking alcohol, if there is no obvious discomfort or the symptoms are relatively mild, you can observe at home; if the patient after drinking alcohol appears to be Flushing, headache, palpitations, sweating, nausea, vomiting, chest and abdominal pain and discomfort, as well as low blood pressure, etc., may be the occurrence of disulfiram reaction, and need to seek timely medical treatment. The mechanism of disulfiram reaction is that after ingestion of drugs and alcohol that inhibit the metabolism of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase or ethanol oxidase, the metabolism of ethanol intermediate product acetaldehyde is blocked, leading to the accumulation of acetaldehyde in the body, and thus acetaldehyde intoxication-like reaction occurs.