Often in our lives there is a need to combine painkillers and alcohol. For example, taking such drugs can be caused by a headache due to alcohol or pressure surges. Also, pains of various origins occur during the use of alcoholic beverages. Severe spasms can only be eliminated by effective medicines. It must be remembered that mixing alcohol and potent pills is not always safe. It all depends on the type of drug, the content of ethanol in the blood and the individual characteristics of your body. In this article, we will tell you what pain medicines you can take, even when you are "under a degree", what combinations you should avoid, what this can lead to.
General Consequences
In most cases, the use of painkillers and alcoholcauses depression in a person. This combination leads to a pronounced effect that a person receives under the influence of depressants. It is explained like this. Both of these drugs have a depressing effect on the central nervous system. A double effect leads to a slowdown in all processes occurring in the body under the control of the central nervous system.
If you mix painkillers with alcohol, then because of the oppressed central nervous system, breathing will slow down, as the supply of oxygen to the blood will decrease. An oxygen starvation will occur in the body, which can cause the death of brain cells, an increase in headache. The consequences of a hangover would be worse if you did not use painkillers and alcohol. In rare, especially severe cases, breathing may even stop.
In addition, the gastrointestinal tract suffers from the use of alcohol with any medicine. Now it is difficult to meet a person with an absolutely he althy digestive system, so do not put it under stress once again. Indeed, due to malnutrition and poor ecology, by the age of 25, many people suffer from heartburn, ulcers or gastritis. And in this case, even minor damage to the gastric mucosa due to such a powerful cocktail in a matter of hours can develop into a serious disease that you will cope with for more than one week.
Thirdly, the liver suffers from the use of alcohol and painkillers. The load on this body in this case will increase significantly. The intake of toxic substances forces hepatocytes (liver cells) to start working in an enhanced mode. At the same time, the majorityof them are simply unable to cope with their task and die.
Finally, taking pain medication with alcohol leads to problems with the urinary system. Especially dangerous and depressing effect is on the kidneys.
Why is this happening?
It is important to understand what consequences can come from taking drugs with alcohol, what painkillers you can drink with alcohol. After all, any alcoholic drink contains ethyl alcohol, which can enhance the effect of the drug, neutralize it, or behave in the most unpredictable way. For example, in medicine there are cases when taking an Analgin tablet with a glass of wine sent a person into a coma.
Often a person first takes alcohol to relieve pain, and when he realizes that the desired effect has not come, he starts taking pills. At the same time, one should not forget that the reaction from such a cocktail will be influenced not only by the amount of alcohol that you managed to drink, but also by the time that has passed since drinking the intoxicating drink.
In this article, we will take a closer look at the principle of the interaction of drugs with alcohol.
Ibuprofen
Based on ibuprofen, there are a large number of drugs. First of all, these are Ibufen, Solpaflex, Dolgit, Nurofen. It is a powerful broad spectrum analgesic, yet an effective antipyretic, often taken at the first sign of a cold or flu.
Itso effective that it has become one of the most popular over-the-counter potent pain relievers. But you should know that against the background of drinking alcohol, drinking this drug is strictly prohibited. Of course, you can claim that you have repeatedly taken ibuprofen or its analogue and nothing bad has happened to you. But you need to understand that the negative effect is manifested with the regular intake of such a cocktail. The more often you do this, the more the liver and stomach can suffer. At the very least, toxic liver damage is assured for sure. When taking ibuprofen with alcohol, the antipyretic effect of the drug is reduced, since alcohol itself contributes to an increase in body temperature, having a vasoconstrictive effect on the body. Ibuprofen, on the contrary, dilates blood vessels, because of this, the effectiveness of the drug against the background of alcohol intake is minimal.
Usually this substance is used as an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic agent, it helps with arthritis, muscle pain, gout, all kinds of rheumatic diseases. Available in the form of ointments and tablets. It is when taking pills that one should take into account that all the diseases that were mentioned above can worsen.
The combined use of alcohol and drugs based on ibuprofen is strictly contraindicated due to toxic effects on the body. Even a small dosage, coupled with alcohol, can cause powerful intoxication. And prolonged joint use of these pills and alcohol leads to kidney failure, there is a possibility of coma. Severe adverse reactions occur, including vomiting andbloody diarrhea, liver damage, ulcer perforation, increased blood pressure, blurred vision, bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.
Also, ibuprofen is an anti-migraine drug, but when combined with alcohol, migraines can only get worse.
Reception of "Ibuklin"
As an antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drug, many prefer Ibuklin. The main active ingredients of this drug are paracetamol and ibuprofen. Therefore, it is easy to guess that Ibuklin and alcohol are incompatible.
The combination of these chemical elements provides an analgesic effect, relieves spasms, while due to the different speed of action of the components, the effect persists for a long time. That is, paracetamol acts within ten minutes, reaching a peak about an hour after it enters the body, and ibuprofen reaches its peak content only after three to four hours.
However, when combined with alcohol, the effectiveness of this drug is close to zero. Drinking completely neutralizes the effect of active substances, so after the complete removal of the decomposition products of alcohol from the blood, you will have to start treatment again. At the same time, the matter may not be limited to one inaction. With such an irresponsible attitude, the patient risks provoking serious complications, in particular, liver disease, gastric ulcer. It also threatens with intoxication of the body, which will be very difficult to eliminate.
The danger of drugs and alcohol with strongpain
Of particular danger is the use of strong painkillers, which are treated by pharmacists as narcotic drugs. For example, we are talking about Promedol. This is a medicine that is prescribed for adults and children with moderate and severe pain, mainly with injuries, in the postoperative or preoperative period, with a heart attack, angina attacks, and oncological diseases. Combining such strong drugs with alcohol is very dangerous.
"Promedol" in oncology helps to effectively relieve pain in the patient, but if you aggravate the situation by drinking alcohol, this is fraught with an increase in the narcotic effect of the drug. The most likely consequences are partial cessation of breathing, deterioration, possible death.
Another strong opiate drug used in medicine to relieve pain is Tramal. It is available in the form of tablets, ampoules or capsules. The action of "Tramal" is very effective in malignant neoplasms, injuries, myocardial infarction, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, neuralgia.
It is not recommended to mix "Tramal" with alcohol. The fact is that this pain reliever can lower blood pressure and provoke drowsiness. Alcohol enhances both of these effects. So if the medicine is affecting you in this way, don't mix it with alcohol.
Ketorolac
To the group of anti-inflammatory and at the same time non-steroidal drugsincludes those in which the active substance is ketorolac - "Ketanov", "Ketorol" or "Ketorolac". They are derivatives of acetic acid, they can effectively anesthetize, since after their use, nerve impulses are suppressed, that is, there is an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system.
But in the combination of "Ketanov" with alcohol, the inhibitory effect is greatly enhanced. At the same time, the drug has no antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effect. In general, you need to be very careful with this remedy, because it has many side effects, so it is prescribed only in exceptional cases, when nothing else helps. As a rule, this happens after the extraction or treatment of teeth, with oncological diseases, after complex and painful operations, with fractures. Side effects include irritation of the gastric mucosa (this is an ulcer, gastritis or heartburn), perforation of the stomach and intestines, excessive depression of the central nervous system. Therefore, "Ketanov" with alcohol is categorically contraindicated.
Paracetamol
The most affordable and common anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drug is paracetamol. It is inexpensive, so it is in almost every home first aid kit. Most likely, nothing dangerous will happen from a single combination of a relatively small dose of alcohol with this drug, but the systematic mixing of paracetamol with alcohol is fraught with problems for the liver.
So if you need to take painkillers,make a choice in favor of this affordable drug. Just don't abuse it. For the liver, paracetamol can become harmful due to the fact that it has a serious toxic effect on the organ, and in combination with alcohol, it increases significantly. With frequent combination of these two components, you are threatened with dizziness, kidney pain and even kidney failure.
Analgin
"Analgin" is a universal drug that is drunk not only as an anesthetic, but also to thin the blood. In the latter case, it is used for a sufficiently long course, so many are tempted to combine treatment with alcohol to relax.
As in the case of paracetamol, with a single use of a small amount of alcohol, nothing terrible will happen. True, there are exceptions when one tablet of "Analgin" with a small amount of alcohol led to urgent hospitalization, so it's better not to risk it. As a rule, this is due to an increase in blood pressure, which occurs against the background of a decrease in the level of leukocytes in the blood.
It is worth remembering that antispasmodics and alcohol, in addition to toxic effects on the liver and kidneys, can greatly increase the sedative effect, and then lead to a severe hangover and prolonged sleep. "Analgin" itself belongs to the group of pyrazolone preparations. This also includes other antispasmodics - Spazmalgon, Baralgin. They help to get rid of pains of all kinds, as well as to forget about spasms of smooth muscles.
No-shpa
Another popular drug that is in almost every woman's purse andhome first aid kit - "No-shpa". The main active ingredient in it is drotaverine. Instructions for use for tablets advises taking them as an anesthetic. For example, it is acceptable in the treatment of a hangover syndrome. This is due to the fact that its negative impact on the body is minimal. Drotaverine helps to dilate blood vessels, relieves spasms, and also has a myotropic effect.
If you study the instructions for using a drotaverine tablet, then when combined with alcohol, coordination of movement may be disturbed, since ethanol relaxes the muscular system. Side effects may include headaches, insomnia, low blood pressure, and nausea.
Combination drugs
There are a lot of drugs in this group - Pentalgin, Citramon, Strimol. All of them are unsafe in combination with alcohol. For example, the main active ingredient of Pentalgin is paracetamol, which, together with alcohol, can lead to disruption of the central nervous system. And this causes the death of brain cells and even coma.
Combining drinking with "Citramon" is dangerous for those who suffer from high blood pressure, because the drug contains caffeine. Therefore, tinnitus, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, tachycardia, bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract are possible.
It is not recommended to drink alcohol and with local anesthesia. Even after tooth treatment, it is better to refrain from alcohol at least for a day. The fact is that alcohol can disrupt blood clotting. So your wound can take a very long timebleed and not heal if you let yourself drink a little.
As a rule, anesthesia with local anesthesia lasts no more than three hours, during which time the pain points have time to fade away. But alcohol speeds up the process of removing the drug, so after a short time you will feel severe pain, as the effect of anesthesia will wear off sooner than it should.
