Can cephalosporin and alcohol kill you?

Cephalosporin and alcohol have the potential to kill, but it’s just a matter of probability. The two together are prone to cause disulfiram-like reactions, which can usually be cured by timely treatment and are not life-threatening. Cephalosporin refers to cephalosporin drugs, part of the cephalosporin drugs and alcohol contact is prone to cause disulfiram-like reaction, if there is no timely treatment, it may be fatal. This is mainly because disulfiram interferes with the metabolism of alcohol, leading to an increase in the concentration of ethanol in the blood, which produces a series of symptoms such as panic, elevated blood pressure, nausea, vomiting and other life-threatening symptoms. However, it is not true that cephalosporin antibiotic drugs and alcohol are necessarily fatal, there is just a certain probability problem. Usually, after taking general measures and medication in time, most patients have a good prognosis and can be clinically cured, so there is no need to worry too much. In conclusion, in daily life, there is no history of alcohol consumption three days before the application of cephalosporins, and secondly, no alcohol consumption seven days after the use of drugs. Please strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to take the drug.