My husband wants to know if alcohol could have any effect on the effectivness of!

My husband wants to know if alcohol could have any effect on the effectivness of his antibiotics he is on?

I have no clue. He has a tooth that is being removed on june 22 and he has been on antibiotics for 5 days with no imrpovment so he wondered if drinking beer would decrease the effectivness of the medicine

I hate to say this but your husband has a choice to make. He can either take the antibiotics and stop the tooth pain, or drink beer and continue having a tooth ache.

Most all antibiotics will loose their effectiveness when mixed with alcohol. Although there are some that a person can drink moderately with, but usually not ones prescribed for dental infections. You should check with your pharmacist or dentist since they know which antibiotic he is taking and if alcohol will reduce it's effectiveness. There also may be a label on the bottle advising against alcohol consumption or an information sheet that came with the medication that will answer this for you.

I would suggest "no beer" with the antibiotics so that his dentist "will" be able to establish profound anesthesia during his upcoming extraction procedure. When infection is present, our anesthetic isn't very effective. Perhaps if you explain this to him, he will put the beer down for a few days. Hope I've been of some help. Good luck!

A good indication that the medication isn't working, is that he has been on it for five days and should have started feeling some relief by day two, and hasn't yet. You may want to talk to his dentist about changing his prescription to a stronger one to get this infection under control before his procedure.