You can’t take cephalosporin today after drinking alcohol yesterday.
Under normal circumstances, when alcohol enters the body, it is first transformed into “acetaldehyde” in liver cells and then oxidized to “acetic acid” under the action of “acetaldehyde dehydrogenase”, and then discharged from the body.
After taking cephalosporins before and after drinking alcohol, acetaldehyde cannot be degraded in the body, and symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, sweating, dry mouth, chest pain, tachycardia, etc., i.e., “disulfiram-like reaction”, which can be fatal in serious cases. It often takes 4 to 5 days for the enzyme to recover from the inhibition of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, so alcohol should not be consumed until at least 1 week has elapsed.
Alcohol consumption is generally not recommended during medication, whether it is a cephalosporin or not. Alcohol tends to reduce the effect of the drug, but also aggravate the adverse drug reactions, and even cause liver injury, which can be life-threatening.
People can drink alcohol in moderation under normal circumstances, but when taking cephalosporins, you must not drink alcohol, so as not to cause harm to the human body.
After drinking alcohol and taking cephalosporin, any discomfort occurs, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time.