The Relationship between Antibiotics and Disulfiram-like Reaction

Authors

  • Ruyu Yan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61173/fmy3ek46

Keywords:

Antibiotics, Disulfiram-like Reaction, cephalosporin, metronidazole

Abstract

Drinking without antibiotics has become the consensus of more and more people. On this phenomenon this paper will introduce the principle of this. The article will briefly introduce the structure of the medication principle and partial historical development. Partial historical development of two different kinds of mainstream antibiotics, cephalosporin and metronidazole. Understand these two mainstream antibiotics from scratch, and understand the principle of the reason why we cannot have them with alcohol fundamentally. Furthermore, the article will briefly analyze the principle and phenomenon of the same side reaction produced by two antibiotics with different structures, namely, a disulfiramlike reaction, to explain and show what will happen if people have these two kinds of antibiotics after drinking the alcohol. In this way, this work will popularize the hazards and precautions of drug use after drinking to more nonprofessionals

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Published

2023-06-01

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Volume 1, Issue 1

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