You should not drink alcohol if you take amoxicillin. Amoxicillin capsules, belonging to the penicillin class of drugs, are a kind of antibiotics, mainly used to treat various infections. When taking the drug orally, you must pay attention to avoid drinking alcohol. On the one hand, drinking alcohol and antibiotics can produce some medical disulfiram reactions, which means rashes, breathing difficulties and, in serious cases, shock or even death. Generally, the medication can be used only after three days to a week of drinking, and people who are already taking amoxicillin medication orally need to stop taking it for ten days to two weeks before they can drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol not only stimulates the gastrointestinal tract and affects drug absorption, but also affects liver function and drug metabolism, reducing the effectiveness of the drug. Drinking itself is also detrimental to the recovery of the disease. When drunk, people will be in a semi-anesthetized state and their immunity will be further reduced, which will aggravate the existing infection. At the same time, if vomiting occurs, it may also cause vomit aspiration, resulting in aspiration pneumonia, or even a large amount of vomit blocking the respiratory tract, causing asphyxiation.