Food has an effect on metronidazole, and alcoholic beverages need to be avoided while taking the drug, or it will trigger a disulfiram-like reaction.
Metronidazole is a kind of antibiotic and antiprotozoal agent, which can be mainly used for the treatment and prevention of systemic or local infections caused by anaerobic infections, and it has a certain degree of efficacy in endocarditis, sepsis, meningeal infections, and so on.
During the medication period, patients should pay attention to dietary regulation, avoid drinking alcohol and alcoholic beverages, which may induce disulfiram-like reaction, resulting in nausea, vomiting, headache and other symptoms.
Patients should note that patients with hepatic insufficiency need to reduce the dosage as appropriate, and patients also need to control sodium intake during the period of taking the drug to avoid inducing malignant sodium retention. If patients develop peripheral neuritis, convulsions, etc., also need to consider reducing the dose or stopping the drug. In addition, patients need to have their white blood cell counts checked before repeating a course of treatment.
Patients are advised to pay attention to the matters related to metronidazole while taking it and read the instructions carefully before taking the drug to avoid damage to the organism.