{"id":49996,"date":"2025-04-25T21:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:39:48","slug":"antibiotics-and-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotics and alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>Antibiotics and alcohol can cause some of the same side effects. These include stomach upset, dizziness and drowsiness. Mixing antibiotics and alcohol can make these side effects worse.<\/p>\n<p>A few antibiotics should not be mixed with any amount of alcohol. These include metronidazole (Flagyl), tinidazole (Tindamax) and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (Bactrim, Septra). Drinking alcohol with these medicines can cause side effects such as flushing, headache, nausea and vomiting, and fast heart rate.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the antibiotic linezolid (Zyvox) interacts with some alcoholic drinks, including red wine and tap beer. Drinking these with this medicine can cause a harmful rise in blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that some cold medicines and mouthwashes also have alcohol. So check the label. Don&#8217;t use such products while taking these antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>Modest alcohol use doesn&#8217;t affect most antibiotics. But drinking alcohol can lower your energy and slow how fast you get better from illness. So it&#8217;s a good idea not to drink alcohol until you finish your antibiotics and are feeling better.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol doesn&#8217;t make antibiotics less effective. But it&#8217;s still a good idea not to drink alcohol while taking antibiotics.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[1688,406,1682],"class_list":["post-49996","mayo","type-mayo","status-publish","hentry","tag-consumer-health","tag-lifestyle","tag-person-group-concept","content_type-answers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Antibiotics and alcohol - Hancock Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_HK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antibiotics and alcohol - Hancock Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alcohol doesn&#039;t make antibiotics less effective. But it&#039;s still a good idea not to drink alcohol while taking antibiotics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hancock Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-04T16:39:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u9810\u8a08\u95b1\u8b80\u6642\u9593\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 \u5206\u9418\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/mayo-health-library\\\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/mayo-health-library\\\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\\\/\",\"name\":\"Antibiotics and alcohol - Hancock Health\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-26T01:21:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T16:39:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/mayo-health-library\\\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"zh-HK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/mayo-health-library\\\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/mayo-health-library\\\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mayo Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/mayo-health-library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Antibiotics and alcohol\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hancock Health\",\"description\":\"Explore a health network built around you.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hancockhealth.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"zh-HK\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Antibiotics and alcohol - Hancock Health","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/","og_locale":"zh_HK","og_type":"article","og_title":"Antibiotics and alcohol - Hancock Health","og_description":"Alcohol doesn't make antibiotics less effective. But it's still a good idea not to drink alcohol while taking antibiotics.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/","og_site_name":"Hancock Health","article_modified_time":"2026-02-04T16:39:48+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u9810\u8a08\u95b1\u8b80\u6642\u9593":"1 \u5206\u9418"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/","name":"Antibiotics and alcohol - Hancock Health","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-04-26T01:21:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T16:39:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"zh-HK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/antibiotics-and-alcohol\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mayo Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Antibiotics and alcohol"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/","name":"\u6f22\u8003\u514b\u5065\u5eb7","description":"Explore a health network built around you.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"zh-HK"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mayo\/49996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mayo"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mayo"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}