Man after eating cephalosporin the next day drinking risk death expert: should avoid drinking for a week after taking the drug Recently, a sharp brake sound broke the silence, and a man rushed into the emergency hall of the Songbei Branch of the Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University

The man ate cephalosporin and died the next day drinking

Experts: Alcohol should be avoided for a week after taking the drug

Recently, a sharp brake sound broke the silence, and a man rushed into the emergency hall of the Songbei Branch of the Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University: "Doctor help!" Emergency medical staff immediately rushed forward and found the patient pale, sweaty and unconscious.

It turned out that the man, Mr. Yin (pseudonym), had been drinking alcohol half an hour ago and then had symptoms of discomfort. The family suddenly realized that Mr. Yin had taken cephalosporin drugs orally the day before, "Is it a 'disulfiram-like reaction'?" ", said the emergency doctor. However, with Mr. Yin's further electrocardiogram examination, the emergency doctor found that things were not so simple, after consultation, Director Xia Hongyuan considered that Mr. Yin's current acute inferior wall myocardial infarction, and hemodynamic instability, cardiogenic shock, atrioventricular block, but at the same time did not rule out disulfiram-like reactions.

Mr. Yin is currently in a serious condition and is in a critical condition, and must undergo emergency coronary intervention immediately. With the consent of the family, in the case that Mr. Yin's nucleic acid results have not been released, the patient was immediately sent from the emergency observation room to the central catheter room. It is understood that the intraoperative patient was in a state of hypotension and hypoperfusion throughout the operation, and once had cardiac arrest. After treatment, the man regained consciousness and was in good condition.

"Disulfiram-like reactions are a very common class of drug reactions in the clinic, also known as alcohol abstinence sulfur reactions." Director Xia Hongyuan introduced that after taking some drugs of disulfiram structure, men will have this reaction when drinking, which is manifested as headache, chest tightness, palpitations, flushing, etc., and there will be serious tachycardia, breathing difficulties, etc., and even life risks. Director Xia Hongyuan reminded patients to avoid alcohol consumption during and within one week after medication, including any beverages, foods and drugs containing ethanol.