You may suffer liver damage or severe dizziness.
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Antipyretic painkillers and antihistamines can be dangerous when taken with alcohol. [사진=게티이미지뱅크][‘많건부’는 ‘많은 건강정보 부탁해’의 준말로 일상에서 궁금증을 불러일으키는 아리송한 건강상식을 풀어드리는 코너입니다. 건강을 위한 정직한 지식 코메디닷컴의 많건부, ‘많’은 ‘관’심 ‘부’탁드립니다.]
“You should not drink alcohol while taking medication. “Take it after you have completely finished taking the medicine.”
This is what you hear at the pharmacy when buying cold medicine. Drinking alcohol makes you feel warm and may help you recover from a cold, but why are they discouraged from drinking alcohol? The reason lies in the ingredients of cold medicine.
Cold medicines often contain antipyretic analgesics that relieve muscle pain or headaches and antihistamines that relieve symptoms of runny nose and sneezing. Among antipyretic painkillers, acetaminophen is highly toxic to the liver, and if you also drink alcohol, the burden on the liver increases, which can lead to liver damage. When liver function deteriorates, fatigue increases rapidly and colds that should get better quickly can last for a long time.
Antihistamines have a significant sedative effect and suppress runny nose, sneezing, and allergy symptoms, but may cause drowsiness and dizziness. Alcohol also has a sedative effect. If you drink alcohol after taking an antihistamine, the sedative effects of the two may combine, causing drowsiness and dizziness to the point where it is difficult to wake up.
‘Bengsho’, made by boiling various fruits and cinnamon in red wine, is good for preventing and recovering from colds. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]Meanwhile, there is also alcohol that can help relieve cold symptoms. ‘Vinchot’, which means ‘warm wine’ in French, is made by boiling red wine with various fruits and cinnamon. Since wine is boiled for a long time and most of the alcohol evaporates, it is actually close to a beverage. In particular, citrus fruits rich in vitamin C and cinnamon, which warms the body, are said to be essential ingredients, so they deserve to be called ‘natural cold medicine’ in France, right?
In addition, there are many drinks that are beneficial for preventing and recovering from colds, such as citron tea, ginger tea, cinnamon tea, and quince tea, so if you are taking cold medicine, avoid alcohol for a while and drink these drinks to overcome your cold.
2023-11-04 22:00:33
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