Can you drink alcohol after taking cephalosporin for 24 hours?

Cephalosporin belongs to β-lactam antibiotics, as cephalosporin enters the human body, it can have a disulfiram-like reaction with alcohol, which will mainly produce a symptom similar to allergy, the patient will have panic, difficulty in breathing, breath-holding, and shock will occur in serious cases. Therefore, it is recommended not to drink alcohol within 24 hours after taking cephalosporin, and this has been clearly tested. It has been clearly reported in the case that if you drink alcohol 24 hours after taking cephalosporin, some people will have a very serious disulfiram-like reaction, which will lead to the patient’s death as a serious complication. Therefore, patients are advised not to drink alcohol for 24 hours after taking cephalosporin.