Can you drink while taking ibuprofen?

Answer 1

Avoid drinking alcohol while taking ibuprofen. If you drink more than 3 alcoholic beverages a day, ibuprofen may increase your risk of stomach bleeding. Alcohol may increase drowsiness or dizziness. Alcohol can interfere with the effectiveness of this medication. So probably 3 drinks would be okay, but not more than.

Answer 2

I think what your getting at is that, you've heard not to take a certain type of pain medication when drinking, that is Tylenol, which is acetominphen. This is because both Tylonol and Acetominophen are both metabolized by cytrochrome P450 2E1, (CYP2E1). When you are drinking the alcohol competes with acetominophen for the CYP2E1 active site. This slows the breakdown of the tylenol, which can cuase damage to the liver. So if you absolutly have to take a pain medication and drink, ibuprofen is probably a better choice than Tylenol.

Answer 3

I assume that you have heard of the possible connection between acute hepatic (liver) or renal (kidney) failure and combining alcohol and analgesics such as ibuprofen. These failures are usually reversible and more often seen in cases of heavy drinking and/or long-term use of analgesics as pain killers. The mechanism in all four of the more popular analgesics is the same. They act like what is called an endomethicin-like compound. The basis of their action is to inhibit prostaglandin synthesis - prostaglandins that you don't want in your blood right now because they are causing symptoms that are unpleasant. But you also need to remember that prostaglandins cause just about everything else. Stomach, kidney, and liver damage is far more likely when taking analgesic pain killers because they are killing the good chemicals and the bad ones. The four most popular non-narcotic analgesics are aspirin (our old favorite), acetaminophen (Tylenol), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen sodium (Aleve).

For more information, see the link below to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC).

Answer 4

I'll answer your question with a question...when folks come home from a night out of drinking, what is often suggested they do? Take a glass of water and two aspirins before going to bed. In lieu of aspirin, I suppose one could take Tylenol or ibuprofen also. It's basically just an anti-inflammatory, it shouldn't hurt you. But as with all medical warnings because everyone is different, always use caution when mixing any alcohol with any medication.

Answer 5

Alcohol and ibuprofen can both, by themselves, cause stomach ulcers and bleeding. If taken together, they act synergistically. If you do it occasionally, not a problem. But if your drinking a gallon of vodka daily along with 10 or 20 motrins's, you may develop a problem (other than alcoholism) sooner than later

Answer 6

Generally not a very good idea to drink any alcohol while shortly after taking any drugs. Most drugs are metabolized in the liver as is ethanol. You are just making your liver work overtime. I say this as I'm having a drink on vicodin, but I never claimed to be smart.

Answer 7

I listened to a presentation by a neurologist and he was discussing various drugs. He stated that the leading cause of liver failure is not drinking but tylenol. Esp. taking tylenol and drinking. I would never ever drink while taking OTC meds as they are both liver and kidney toxic.

Answer 8

Technically you're not supposed to take medicines with alcohol, but it won't hurt you with ibuprofen. I've done many times.

Answer 9

sure.

Answer 10

NO