Drug Class: What is antabuse and why is it prescribed?
Antabuse Mechanism: How does antabuse work?
Antabuse Dosage: How should you take antabuse
Possible food and drug interactions when taking antabuse
Special information on antabuse
Antabuse side effects
|Drug Class: What is antabuse and why is it prescribed?|
|Generic Antabuse is Disulfiram and used to treat chronic alcoholism. It causes unpleasant effects when even small amounts of alcohol are consumed. These effects include flushing of the face, headache, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, weakness, blurred vision, mental confusion, sweating, choking, breathing difficulty, and anxiety. These effects begin about 10 minutes after alcohol enters the body and last for 1 hour or more. Generic Antabuse (disulfiram) is not a cure for alcoholism, but discourages drinking. Generic Antabuse is used as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol dependence in carefully selected and cooperative patients.
Generic Antabuse is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
|Antabuse Mechanism: How does antabuse work?|
|Generic Antabuse is an enzyme inhibitor (aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor) which interferes with the metabolism of alcohol and leads to an accumulation of acetaldehyde in the blood. The reaction occurs within ten minutes of ingesting alcohol and may last for several hours. The effects include violent flushing, breathlessness, headache, palpitations, tachycardia, nausea and vomiting.|
|Antabuse Dosage: How should you take antabuse|
|Generic Antabuse (disulfiram) comes in tablets to be taken by mouth. It should be taken once a day. Follow the directions on your prescription carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.
If you miss a Generic Antabuse dose
Take Generic Antabuse exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of Generic Antabuse or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. If you cannot swallow the tablets, crush them and mix the medication with water, coffee, tea, milk, soft drink, or fruit juice.
Generic Antabuse Overdose
Generic Antabuse Storage instructions
|Possible food and drug interactions when taking antabuse|
|Liquid medicines, remedies, tonics and foods may contain sufficient alcohol to elicit an unpleasant reaction.
Even small amounts of alcohol will cause extremely unpleasant reactions e.g. flushing of the face, throbbing headache, palpitations, increased heart rate, nausea, vomiting.
Generic Antabuse (disulfiram) inhibits the metabolism of the following medicines and may increase their effects:
When given together with the following medicines there may be an increase in confusion and changes in mood:
Chlorpromazine and amitriptyline may increase the intensity of the disulfiram-alcohol reaction.
|Special information on antabuse|
|Most important fact about Generic Antabuse
Generic Antabuse may cause drowsiness. If affected do not drive or operate machinery. Avoid alcoholic drink.
Special precautions if you are pregnant or breastfeeding
Generic Antabuse should not be used in pregnancy. Seek medical advice from your doctor.
There is no information available about the safety of Generic Antabuse during breastfeeding. For this reason, the manufacturer states that it should not be used during breastfeeding. Seek medical advice from your doctor.
Special warnings about Generic Antabuse
Generic Antabuse should not be used in patients with Coronary heart disease, Heart failure, High blood pressure (hypertension), History of stroke, Psychiatric disorders, Psychotic illness, Risk of suicide, Stroke.
Generic Antabuse should not be used if you are allergic to one or any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have previously experienced such an allergy.
If you feel you have experienced an allergic reaction, stop using Generic Antabuse and inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
|Antabuse side effects|
|Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with Generic Antabuse. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using Generic Antabuse will experience that or any side effect.
Side effects of Generic Antabuse may include
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