is it dangerous to drink alcohol and take plavix and asprin.?

Answer 1

Plavix and aspirin as others have pointed out are platelet inhibitors and act to prevent your blood from "clotting" if an injury occurs. Plavix and aspirin are commonly prescribed together in cardiology patients who have peripheral vascular disease or have recently had a stent deployed. Most patients who are on this therapy do not have serious side effects unless they have an underlying clotting disorder.

Your blood also has clotting factors. These two systems (platelets and clotting factors) work under different circumstances and have different functions but also work together.

The platelets are first on the scene of an injury and create a microscopic mesh over the injury. Clotting factors once activated come by and fill in the mesh to create a complete scab over the wound. Having no platelets or clotting factors will cause excessive bleeding.

Platelets are generated in your bone morrow. Clotting factors are generated by your liver. Your liver also metabolises medication and alcohol. So there is a potential for clotting factor production to be affected by alcohol. There also is a potential for drug metabolism to be affected by alcohol intake.

The answer to whether alcohol affects the metabolism of plavix and aspirin or whether it affects your clotting process is a complicated one. The answer is probably yes. On the other hand you asked if it was dangerous. The answer to that is probably no - unless you drink heavily - greater than three drinks in a setting. It is especially dangerous if you have liver damage associated with drinking heavily over many years. In that sort of a case your liver does not produce clotting factors like it should due to years of injury - more drinking makes it worse.

In sum the mechanisms for metabolising medication and alcohol, producing clotting factors and platelets are complicated processes but there is not direct interaction of light drinking with aspirin and plavix - therefore it is probably safe.

I hope this helps.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Afternoon Mr President - what a great question from you there! To me, there is a clear double-thinking standard here, because from the list above it is obvious that Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than other sorts of drugs, but because it is widely available every where you go, it is classed as being more socially acceptable. However, you only have to open the papers these days to see that more and more violent crimes are linked to alcohol abuse, and people on the whole in the UK are drinking more. Like other drugs too, what can start out as recreational use can develop into addiction - how much of that is down to genetics, social background etc I am not sure, but I was reading in the paper that the amount of UK people who are struggling with drink problems has certainly gone up in the last few years - and can sometimes wait for over a year to get the right professional help. I like to have a drink indoors or go out with my friends so I am not pointing the finger or being a hypocrite here - I am aware of the risks of drinking, and choose to do so in moderation, but am only too aware of the slippery slide into alcoholism. My father lived and died an alcoholic, so I know first hand the terrible problems that alcohol can cause in people's lives. xxxxxx

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Absolutely, your blood won't clot properly if you drink and take any medication. The plavix and aspirin is OK to take together because together it can help you keep from having a heart attack. But DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL WITH IT. Plavix is already a blood thinner. You don't need it any thinner that it already is. So if you are doing that and drinking alcohol. Hope you have a good time in the hospital..

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Having heart problems and still want to drink alcohol when taking plavix and asprin?You are wasting the doctors and nurses times and efforts,You hurt your family members that love you.Most of all you are wasting subsidy using public fund .If i do that i feel bad ? How do you feel?

Answer 7

there are some articles that I have read explaining things about this. those articles says that it is really risky if you take alcohol with your medicine for it might cause it slow down the effect or it might give a different effect to it. on the other hand, there are some people who are actually taking these medicines together with alcohol and they said that it doesn't affect the medicine. of you want to make sure about it you can ask your doctor about it but I have a link here that might give you some important information about Plavix.
http://pharmacyescrow.org/s3145-s-PLAVIX.aspx

Answer 8

Taking Plavix with Aspirin is dangerous, but alcohol has no anticoagulant properties. Be careful.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

It's dangerous to take alcohol with any kind of medication. The instructions on the medication should specifically say under what conditions to take or not take the medicine.