I rarely drink (recent trip to New Orleans excepted), but on our afternoon walk we walked by a couple of pubs and I thought (and croaked to my coworker), ‘You know? I’d like a beer.’
I’ve had laryngitis since the afternoon of the 6th and have been taking doxycycline since the 13th. Will a beer adversely affect my vocal cords, or diminish the effectiveness of the antibiotics?
Just wondering.
A beer won’t affect the doxycycline, however you shouldn’t mix them if you have any kind of liver damage.
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you shouldn’t mix them if you have any kind of liver damage.
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None that I know of. I had a blood test for Lamisil (?) about nine or ten years ago and it came up clean.
Thanks. That’s what I though, since the pill label didn’t say anything about it, nor did the doctor.
best way to find out? ask your pharmacist. they know way more than any doctor about potential interactions.
i rarely have to take penicillin, but when i do, it’s my first question to the guy that fills my scrips: can i drink?
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Will a beer adversely affect my vocal cords…
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There won’t be any direct effect (your vocal cords are in your trachea, and beer (hopefully) goes down your esophagus), but alcohol is a diuretic, so it’ll dry you out a bit, which is not ideal for inflamed cords. One beer, though, wouldn’t hurt you much, especially if you replace any potential fluid loss with water.
As usual, I didn’t get around to having a beer. Maybe tomorrow. Or on the weekend.
Over several years and a handful of different doctors, I’ve taken an assortment of antibiotics. None of the docs said, “No alcohol with this.” I usually read the whole “fear sheet” of each new drug I’m prescribed, and no antibiotic I’ve taken had any warnings about alcohol.
Can you have a beer with your pill? Sure. Prosit!
Hmmm. Could I have one as well? No current medications. Liver healthy.
Have the beer already.
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Have the beer already.
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It’s 0645 here.
Wait. The sun’s up over the yardarm somewhere! 
No, I’m on the coffee. Only I put some milk in it and the label on the pills said not to have products with calcium/iron/zinc. 
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It’s 0645 here.
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In Jamaica, a waitress once asked me if I’d like a beer to “settle my breakfast”. I loved that concept and have introduced it to others. On vacation, my gf and I usually have a cold one after breakfast.
People take doxy for years on end as a malaria prophylaxis and they have no problem drinking.