A woman is holding a pill. Archival photo MOSCOW, January 13 Paracetamol, antibacterial drugs, drugs for lowering cholesterol levels (statins) are not compatible with alcohol, warns in an interview with the Prime agency a senior researcher at the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Radiobiology of the Russian National Research Medical University named after … N.I. Pirogova Vladimir Rogovsky. Even a single intake of medication and alcohol can be sufficient for a lethal outcome, the expert continues. The thing is that alcohol accelerates the work of enzymes that metabolize drugs, and this can increase the side effects or completely weaken the effect of the drug.According to Rogowski, enzymes of the cytochrome p450 family (cyto — cell, p450 — light absorption at length wave 450 nm). «Alcohol induces these enzymes — they start to work much faster. As a result, a toxic metabolite can quickly accumulate, or the drug will work worse, or, on the contrary, the effect will increase. enzyme) has the properties of a medicine «, — warns the specialist.
