Is it possible to drink while taking hormonal pills. Taking hormonal pills and contraceptives

Birth control pills are one of the most popular means of preventing pregnancy. They are convenient to take, you can always choose an individual drug on the advice of a doctor, and modern medicines are absolutely safe. However, frightening myths about oral contraceptives do not subside even after half a century of their use. Obesity, skin problems, body hair and even temporary infertility - all these imaginary consequences are attributed to harmless pills. The interaction of oral contraceptives and alcoholic beverages is also a controversial issue.

Birth control pills and alcohol

All oral contraceptives are classic hormonal drugs. Sometimes non-hormonal birth control pills are also included, but they are usually candles that are inserted into the vagina.

Pills designed to protect a woman from unwanted pregnancy are based on two active substances - the main female hormone estrogen and the pregnancy hormone progesterone. In contraceptives, its role is played by a synthetic analogue - progestin. Both sex hormones are representatives of the steroid group.

The global pharmaceutical market today offers 4 main groups of contraceptives:

• monophasic (the proportion of both hormones may vary, but it is constant in each tablet);
• biphasic (the portion of estrogen in each tablet is the same, and the amount of progestin depends on the phase of the monthly cycle);
• three-phase (the dosage of both hormones varies depending on the time of the female cycle);
• mini-drank (non-combination tablets, which contain only progestin).

Most of the specific drugs on this list have not been tested for compatibility with alcohol.

The researchers only assessed the overall effect of alcohol on contraceptives. To date, in the instructions for use of the most popular drugs that gynecologists advise, alcohol is not marked as a contraindication. There are also no special recommendations on how to combine tablets with alcohol.

Pharmacology

Alcohol is an integral part of modern life, and many women who do not plan to become a mother in the near future are not ready to give up a glass of wine and champagne on holidays.

Manufacturers of contraceptive drugs also do not want to risk their profits. Oral contraceptives take months and even years, so chemists go out of their way to ensure that alcohol and these pills are compatible. So that they can be taken without fear.

This is confirmed by clinical studies of contraceptives - the metabolism of steroids and alcohol occurs in different ways, therefore, in the process of processing in the body, these substances affect each other. Under one condition - the dose of alcohol should be minimal.

When any alcoholic drink enters the bloodstream, the liver immediately begins to work in an accelerated mode. Ethanol acts as a catalyst for special enzymes in the liver, as a result, the metabolism increases significantly. And not only the triad of proteins-fats-carbohydrates, but also hormones fall into the field of its influence. Exactly the ones that are contained in a small birth control pill.

As a result, estrogens with progestin break down faster, the duration of the “pregnancy drug” is reduced - it does not work for 24 hours, but a little less. This means that an unplanned conception may occur, despite the fact that the effectiveness remains the same, and the action is not completely neutralized.
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Admission rules

Ethyl alcohol is a very dangerous substance, and if it enters the female body, it can cause truly unpredictable consequences, especially in combination with hormones. Can you drink alcohol while taking birth control pills? To protect yourself, not harm your health and maintain the effect of contraceptives, it is important to follow simple rules for taking birth control pills and alcohol.

If you have just bought your first pack of oral contraceptives, try not to drink alcohol for a month. Let the body get used to hormonal stimulation, and steroids "take root" in the body.

Follow the dosage strictly. The optimal dose of alcohol that you can drink during contraception has long been calculated, and not by some mysterious scientists, but by specialists from the World Health Organization. This is 20 mg of ethanol per day - 50 ml of vodka, 200 ml of wine or 400 ml of beer. And in order to minimize the load on the liver, this dose can be consumed no more than 2 times a week.

Be sure to observe a break between the drunk pill and alcohol. Minimum 3 hours, but many experts insist on 5.

And if you have exceeded the alcohol norm, it is better to skip the pill altogether and not have sex for 1-2 days. The contraceptive effect of alcohol will still decrease, and the combination of alcohol with drugs can cause poisoning.

Hormonal contraceptives are not hormonal drugs for the treatment of serious diseases, the concentration of hormones in them is less, therefore, the recommendations for taking them are much softer. It is not necessary to completely abstain from alcohol during contraceptive pills. A couple of glasses of wine a week will do no harm if you do not mix the pills with alcohol and do not exceed the dosage. But if you are taking any additional medications (especially hormonal ones), be sure to consult your doctor. You may have to completely forget about alcohol for the duration of treatment.

Hormones - biologically active substances, at the physical level control the biorhythms of the body. Produced by the glands of internal and mixed secretion (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, testicles and ovaries, etc.), they play the role of a mechanism that starts all life processes. Hormones through the blood act on target organs, forcing them to perform certain functions.

The combination of alcohol and drugs with hormones is unacceptable. Hormonal pills perform the role of hormone replacement therapy, stimulating or antihormonal treatment. Their goal is to normalize the altered hormonal level in humans.

The effect of alcohol on hormones

The optimal hormonal background is the key to a successful human existence. Alcohol upsets this balance, provoking a failure in the production of hormones. There is a destabilization of the background with all the ensuing negative consequences. The benefits of drinking ethanol-containing products on the human body have not been recorded. The compatibility of alcohol and hormones is zero.

The negative from such a “cocktail” is based on the ability of a highly toxic metabolite of acetaldehyde to inhibit the production of some hormones while stimulating others. When C2H5OH enters the bloodstream, there is a strong jump in cortisol, the stress hormone. With constant abuse, a person is prone to: stress, depression, anxiety, severe anxiety, mental disorders.

It is important that the disturbed balance cannot be cured. Having partially recovered from the "hit" of alcohol, the body continues to work, taking into account the imbalance. An incomplete cycle of hormone synthesis leads to new pathologies. As a result, other enzymes are produced that indicate stress anomalies:

• cortisol, provides increased fat deposition, contributes to the development of depression, pathologies of the nervous system and changes in the psyche;
• prolactin, in increased production, provokes infertility, lactation relief, neoplasms of the adrenal glands in a malignant form;
• adrenaline, its increase enhances the effect of intoxication, providing addiction to bright, strong emotions, causes diseases of the cardiovascular system, adrenal glands.

The rate of formation of negative disorders is unpredictable. Ethanol destabilizes the level of female sex hormones, causing:

• obesity;
• stimulation of excessive hair growth;
• roughness of the timbre of the voice;
• violation of the thyroid gland;
• body configuration change.

For men, a different picture is observed. Alcohol reduces the production of testosterone to a critical level. With beer alcoholism, fat deposits form on the waist, hips, abdomen, and gynecomastia develops. Libido goes down, sexual functions are lost, the man turns into a fat, amorphous creature of indeterminate sex.

C2H5OH and main groups

The basis is 4 types of hormones, they are responsible for the stabilization of the central nervous system, the instinct of procreation, cell renewal, digestion of the food coma and the excretion of residual products. Without it, a person dies. Alcohol in minimal, even standard doses, causes an imbalance within 5-7 minutes after the entry of wine alcohol into the blood.

Steroids

"Steroid" are responsible for the restoration of cells, form gender. The synthesis of corticosteroids helps to resist pathogenic microflora, forms immunity, and stops aging. C2H5OH enhances their synthesis, provoking a hypertrophied reaction, the body is poisoned by toxic decay products.

The adrenal glands produce estrogens and androgens. When C2H5OH and its decay products penetrate into them, the organ stops working. The production of estrogen increases, against the background of which the level of other hormones in the female body changes. In men, the processing of their own testosterone begins, which is fraught with fatty liver and alcohol addiction.

Hypothalamus

Responsible for redox processes, the formation of antiviral immunity, the functioning of the organs of touch, and the stability of body temperature. Stimulates the reproductive system: in men - the production of sperm, in women - the formation of the corpus luteum, the development of the fetus. Beer is the most dangerous for the hypothalamus due to its weak depressing (relaxing) effect. Against the background of the action of alcohol, the already synthesized hormones are converted into cortisone (stimulates the synthesis of carbohydrates and proteins, inhibits the lymphoid organs).

Thyroid gland

Its thyroid hormones are responsible for the growth of organs and tissues in a child, in adults - for metabolism. The gland is able to accumulate iodine, with a lack of which cretinism develops. It reacts to the presence of wine alcohol in the blood by stopping the production of its own and sex hormones.

Functions of the "pancreas"

Her hormones are responsible for the breakdown and excretion of food, give a "hunger signal", releasing ghrelin. Alcohol triggers a mechanism to stop this process, as a result, iron gives up all the accumulated hormone, prompting a person to over-absorb food. Insulin is involved in the production of enzymes necessary for the breakdown of ethanol. In combination with alcohol, compatibility is zero, side effects - up to coma.

The interaction of hormonal drugs and alcohol

Whether or not to use drugs and alcohol is clearly shown in the table. Is the compatibility of the alcoholic when prescribing medicines acceptable - the results are below.

	Name of drugs	When appointed	The result of combining with alcohol
Androgens	Testosterone Propionate, Testesterone Enanthate, Testoenat, Methyltestosterone	Uterine fibroids, breast tumor, menopause, osteoporosis, PMS	Intoxication, increased estrogen production, severe intoxication
Glucagon	The drug of the same name	Relief of spasms of smooth muscle tissues of the gastrointestinal tract, hypoglycemia	Zero result of therapy
Gonadotropic	Bromocriptine, Protylerin, Sermorelin	Deficiency in production, hypofunction of glands	Disorder of the hormonal background, pathology of the functions of the central nervous system
	Levothyroxine sodium, Thiamazole, Thyreocomb®, Thyreoidinum	iodine deficiency	Zero effect therapy
	Insulinum aspartum, Insulin glargine, Insulin detemir, etc.	Diabetes	Hypoglycemia, coma
Corticosteroids	Prednisolone, Urbason®, Medrol®, etc.	Pathologies of a rheumatic nature, asthma, allergies	Ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract, severe intoxication, critical jumps in blood pressure, depression of the central nervous system
Contraceptives (estrogens, gestagens)	Janine, Qlaira, Triquilar, Minisiston, etc.	Ovarian hypofunction, infertility, ovulation arrest	Critical estrogen levels, bleeding, disorder of the entire hormonal system

Oxytocin (“pituitary” hormone) against the background of intoxication encourages a person to act illogically. Using drugs based on it and alcohol, you can cause disruption of the nervous system and internal organs.

Combining antiandrogens (anticancer drugs) and alcohol increases estrogen levels. Therefore, the combination of testosterone, bicalutamide with alcohol is unacceptable.

Proper security

There are no cases when an endocrinologist allows you to combine hormonal drugs and ethanol-containing products. Any intake of C2H5OH and its decay products into the body already disrupts the endocrine system. This happens imperceptibly, and in the presence of hormone therapy and existing pathologies, the reactions are unpredictable.

With lifelong hormone replacement therapy (Addison's disease), alcohol-containing liquids of any amount and strength are prohibited. It is possible to relax when taking contraceptives, but only if their course is completed and the doctor “given the go-ahead” for drinking alcohol.

Consequences and complications

It is illogical to combine hormone therapy and alcohol, it is sometimes frivolous and carries a direct danger. The most innocuous consequence is the lack of treatment effect, but more often the endocrinologist is forced to diagnose irreversible hormonal disorders and lifelong medication. It is difficult to predict how the body will behave. The central nervous system, liver, kidneys, pancreas, digestive tract and genitourinary system are affected. Violation of the hormonal balance is an irreparable, and often fatal retribution for non-compliance with the rules for combining alcohol-containing drinks and hormones.

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We've all been told that alcohol leads to fat gain, muscle loss, reduced protein synthesis, and a drop in testosterone levels. I'd like to take a closer look at these claims, including the research behind it all. We all bust our asses in the gym and have a right to know what effect alcohol really has on our strength and mass. We also know that a real athlete "stays at home while everyone in the neighborhood goes to get drunk." All this is supposedly in the name of better performance, but personally I consider him a simple lazy person who does not know how to have fun. I encourage you to keep an open mind as we begin to delve further into this topic.

Alcohol and insulin resistance

"Drunkenness" was the direct cause of the experimental rats that led to the development of insulin resistance. This tells us that the body is not able to distribute glucose and fat to the necessary areas, including muscles. A decrease in glucose intake can lead to hyperglycemia, which in itself is a cause of the onset of type 2 diabetes. Let me explain something in very accessible language. The information is based on research conducted by the "Institute of Diabetes and Impaired Metabolism" in Icahn, New York. The study was done in rats, not in humans. This study proved a direct relationship between alcohol abuse and high blood glucose concentration, which indicates insulin resistance. I don't think it's hard to believe, but that's at best, since the study was done on rats, and our physiology is slightly different from them. Again, we are talking about natural drunkenness with a lot of alcohol and binges for 2-3 days. But be that as it may, it does not take a genius to understand that you should not gorge on simple carbohydrates and fats when the level of alcohol in the blood is already high.

Interestingly, there are also a large number of human studies that have shown, on the contrary, an improvement in insulin sensitivity (versus a decrease in rat studies) and glycemic control. For the enthusiastic athlete in the gym, this could mean that nutrients will be absorbed more efficiently, muscle potential will increase, and body fat will decrease. This may be the main reason, according to some studies, that moderate drinkers live longer than non-drinkers. This information just takes and spits in the face of all that mainstream surrounding the modern fitness community. Looking at the research below, I'm starting to be pretty sure that moderate intake is better than total rejection.

Alcohol and weight gain

Drinkers always lose weight better than non-drinkers, especially women. This is strange, since alcohol is marked by a rather high calorie content - 7.1 kcal per gram, moreover, it is similar in structure to dietary fats. One theory tells us that alcohol reduces appetite, which reduces long-term food intake. Another cites the previously mentioned increase in insulin sensitivity in moderate drinkers, which leads to better nutrient distribution and fat loss. Alcohol works in a similar fashion to carbohydrates in that it inhibits fat oxidation (fat loss), so dietary fat is stored more easily in dietary cells. As a result, the body responds to insulin, and the alcohol itself is not deposited in fat. The main cause of fat gain under the influence of alcohol may be a decrease in impulse control. I myself am a sinner in this, since more than once returning from a booze I pounced on cookies and cakes at home until I fainted from a food coma.

Alcohol, growth hormone and testosterone

You have probably heard about how alcohol reduces testosterone levels in men. The fact is that this is true, but the exaggeration has reached the point of distortion. Alcohol is indeed capable of lowering testosterone to some extent, but we are talking about 120 grams of pure alcohol. 120 grams of alcohol is almost 10 shots of real liquor. After such a binge, testosterone fell by 23% in just 16 hours. Growth hormone secretion is reduced by ethanol (alcohol), by deep suppression. There is also an increase in cortisol production (+36%), which can lead to unwanted accumulation of body fat. In studies where the effect of 70-80 grams of alcohol was studied, there were no negative effects on testosterone at all. In fact, the media pulled out several studies and made a real tragedy out of them, colorfully describing the devastating effect of alcohol on testosterone secretion. It may happen to you after 10 beers with your always drunk drinking companion, but all this has little to do with the reality of normal people.

But this is not all good news for athletes who deliberately refuse alcohol. In studies on rats, a decrease in protein synthesis was indeed noted, but this has not been proven in the case of humans. In chronic alcoholics, however, there is indeed a reduced percentage of muscle mass. But now we are talking about moderate reception. In addition, alcohol is perceived by the body as a poison and is a "priority for metabolism." When you drink, digestive juices are secreted primarily to break down the alcohol. All other food in your stomach goes to number two.

Key points

Moderate alcohol consumption can improve insulin sensitivity, leading to better absorption of nutrients and other health benefits;

Not alcohol is the culprit in weight gain, but your drunk trips to McDuck;

A negative effect on testosterone has not been proven when drinking moderate doses of alcohol. But after a heavy drinking session, there is indeed a drop in testosterone and growth hormone levels for the next day. Just don't get too drunk:

Alcohol does have a negative effect on protein synthesis in rats. As for people, there is still no confirmed data;

Alcohol does not directly contribute to weight gain, but it can act as an inhibitor of lipolysis. If you eat a lot of derma (fat/sugar) while you're drunk while lipolysis is down, your body composition may change for the worse;

It is better to drink low-calorie alcohol, such as dry wine, rum, and sugar-free drinks. Whereas beer and sweet wines are best reserved for a special occasion;

Don't act like an idiot and take this article as a green light for drunkenness. Be careful and think with your head.

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Everyone knows that alcohol should not be consumed with certain medications. But little is known about how hormones and alcohol combine.

However, this issue is extremely relevant for many, for example, for women using hormonal contraceptives or for athletes using special hormone supplements.

Hormones are always present in the human body, even without additional intake, and when people drink alcohol, they usually do not think about the interaction of their own hormones and alcohol, but there is such an interaction.

How does alcohol affect hormonal balance?

Like any product that has entered the human body, alcohol interacts with the entire body as a whole and is involved in the metabolism, as well as in the formation of the human hormonal balance.

Alcohol suppresses the hormone testosterone. With regular and prolonged use of alcohol, atrophy of muscle tissue occurs, precisely because of insufficient testosterone production.

Some low-alcohol drinks, especially beer, not only suppress testosterone, but also provoke an increased production of progesterone, which is a female hormone. Thus, a man who drinks a couple of beers every day is actually taking a certain amount of female hormones every day.

Over time, this inevitably leads to an imbalance of hormonal levels towards progesterone and estrogen.

In a woman's body, everything happens exactly the opposite. Estrogen, the main female hormone, is suppressed and the balance of hormones produced by the thyroid gland changes. This is due to the predominance of progesterone, which, although it is originally a female hormone, is assigned a supporting role by nature.

With daily alcohol consumption, the balance of hormones is disturbed, which leads to sad consequences for health and appearance.

Are hormones and alcohol compatible?

They are different, for example, when using contraceptives, you can drink alcohol. However, the use of alcoholic beverages is often understood as completely different things.

That is, a couple of glasses of wine at dinner will not affect health in any way when using contraception, but liters of beer or vodka, leading to unconsciousness, will inevitably reduce the reliability of pills and affect the endocrine system and health in general.

As for drugs and sports supplements, the so-called anabolic, the intake of alcohol together with these drugs disrupts the functioning of the body as a whole.

When combining alcohol and hormonal drugs, the following is often observed:

• exacerbation of peptic ulcer and gastritis;
• the occurrence of severe muscle cramps;
• rapid development of thrombophlebitis;

• the appearance of migraine as a disease;
• intensive work of the adrenal glands, leading to disruption of the endocrine system of the body;
• dysfunction of the reproductive system.

Even if the instructions for the drug say that alcohol is possible, there is always a risk of increasing the level of production of hormones such as:

• aldosterone;
• adrenalin;
• cortisone.

And their increased production in the body always has negative consequences, individual for each person.

The interaction of alcohol with major hormones

There are many hormones, and all of them, to one degree or another, interact with alcohol that has entered the bloodstream. However, human health is primarily affected by the synthesis of alcohol and hormones that enter the body with the help of drugs and are produced by the pituitary gland and a number of other glands.

Steroid hormones

Androgens or, not only are the basis of many sports supplements, but are also produced in every body by the adrenal glands and gonads. Their natural area of ​​responsibility is the formation and functioning of the reproductive system and secondary sexual characteristics.

With their artificial intake, protein synthesis is significantly increased in the body and muscle tissue grows. Medically. as a medicinal effect, steroid therapy is used in the treatment of disorders:

• endocrine system;
• reproductive functions;
• tumors.

As a rule, fibroids in women are also treated with steroids. With an excess of androgens or the impossibility of therapy with them due to any individual reasons, hormonal antiandrogens, mainly bicalutamide, are used.

All steroids, both androgenic and antiandrogenic, are completely incompatible with alcoholic beverages. The habit of drinking a couple of glasses while taking steroids inevitably leads to a sharp jump in the production of estrogen as an "antidote", which leads to a lot of sad consequences, including the formation of cancerous tumors and impotence.

Hypothalamic-pituitary hormones

Gonadotropins, that is, the hormones of the pituitary and hypothalamus, are the basis of the human endocrine system.

Doctors very often use them to treat various health disorders, for example, they treat:

• fibrocystic mastopathy;
• endometriosis;
• a number of endocrine pathologies.

When drinking alcohol in combination with drug therapy with hormones of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, there is a sharp hormonal surge of other groups, and the necessary ones are suppressed. That is, the effect of drugs is reduced to nothing, and the production of their own similar hormones is significantly reduced.

Thyroid hormones

The main hormones produced by the thyroid gland are:

• triiodothyronine;
• thyroxine.

And they are also part of so many hormonal-based drugs designed to treat a large number of pathologies and disorders in the human body, ranging from iodine deficiency to pathologies of the thyroid gland itself.

When used together with alcohol, ethanol breaks down into thyrocytes in the body, respectively, there is a change in the amount of thyroid hormones, which entails the oppression of others and a complete change in the effect of treatment.

Moreover, the well-being of the person himself significantly worsens, constant nausea, specific pains and other unpleasant symptoms appear.

Pancreatic hormones

The main hormone of the pancreas is insulin. It affects almost everything that happens in the human body:

• protein synthesis;
• carbon cell metabolism;
• adipose tissue;
• phosphorylation and fermentation process.

Moreover, it is insulin that is directly responsible for the absorption and breakdown of glucose. Drinking alcohol while taking insulin is strictly prohibited. In combination with an additional intake of insulin, alcohol provokes the instantaneous development of hypoglycemia and, if no help is provided, to whom.

In general, hormonal drugs and alcohol are incompatible things. However, everything is purely individual and the question of whether it is possible to drink while taking this or that hormone-containing agent can only be answered unambiguously by an endocrinologist.

"Harmony in hormones" - this is the motto for every healthy person endocrinologists around the world. And absolutely not in vain. After all, the optimal hormonal background is the key to the normal functioning of the entire human body. So, it is worth knowing that hormones in the human body are produced constantly and provide a harmonious connection between all organs. And if there is the slightest malfunction in the work of the thyroid gland or adrenal glands, there is a corresponding lack / excess of certain hormones. To correct the patient's condition, doctors prescribe hormone therapy. And when treating with such drugs, you need to know that the intake of alcoholic beverages is strictly prohibited. We will understand below how exactly alcohol affects hormones and what happens in the body with this combination.

Causes of hormonal disorders

All hormones, without exception, control the vital functions of the body, ensuring the exchange of information between all systems. However, malfunctions in the hormonal system also occur, which leads to a deterioration in the patient's condition. The main causes of failures in the hormone system are:

• Adolescence and puberty;
• Thyroid dysfunction or its hyperfunction;
• Problems with the adrenal glands;
• Malignant formations in the human body;
• encephalitis etc.

In order to stabilize the patient's condition, hormone replacement drugs are prescribed, which restore the balance in the body and stimulate the production of their own hormones. During such therapy, it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in any quantities. Why? We understand below.

Alcohol and a healthy body

If we talk about a healthy functioning organism, then here it is necessary to focus the reader's attention on the fact that alcohol consumed periodically has a negative effect on all human systems, including the hormonal one. Or maybe even her in the first place.

So, under the influence of ethanol, constantly entering the bloodstream, a person produces the stress hormone cortisol. Over time, with constant (regular) exposure, an excess of cortisol is formed, which leads to depression, sleep disorders, apathy, anxiety and other mental disorders. Also, the adrenal glands during the processing of ethanol release an increased amount of adrenaline into the body.

Specifically for men, the constant use of alcohol (and beer in particular) threatens to reduce the level of the hormone testosterone, which is responsible for masculinity and potency. So, under the influence of alcohol in the body of a man, the female sex hormone estrogen begins to be produced. As a result, the man begins to take on the features of femininity, such as enlarged breasts, regrown belly, fat on the abdomen and hips. In addition, sexual desire decreases, potency disappears, and if it remains, then ejaculation occurs many times faster than in a healthy non-drinking man.

Note. Alcohol affects the female hormonal background no less actively. So, women, on the contrary, lose their sex hormone estrogen under the influence of alcohol. In return, drinking ladies acquire the male hormone testosterone, which makes the lady more rough in appearance, changes her gait to a man's. Also, under the influence of ethanol, a woman has a violation of the menstrual cycle, a decrease in libido, infertility or an early menopause.

If we take into account a person suffering from hormonal failure and taking hormone therapy, then here the effect of alcohol on the body will be simply catastrophic. That is why it is worth remembering that hormonal therapy lasts, as a rule, more than one week and even a month. This is a long period of treatment, which implies a complete rejection of alcohol. Otherwise, at best, all the efforts of the doctor and the patient will be reduced to zero. In the worst case, the patient will provoke complex side effects from different body systems.

Hormonal drugs and alcohol

Thyroid hormones

With disorders of the thyroid function, drugs are prescribed that are designed to balance the balance of hormones. Basically, these are drugs thyroxine or triiodothyronine. This group of hormones ensures the speed of metabolic processes, anabolism and catabolism in the body. If an increased function of the thyroid gland is noted, then the endocrinologist prescribes antagonist drugs, which, on the contrary, inhibit the production of hormones. Basically, hormone therapy is prescribed in the case of such pathologies with the thyroid gland:

• Hyperthyroidism (an excess of thyroid hormone);
• Hypothyroidism (lack of thyroid hormone)
• Autoimmune thyroiditis (rejection of the thyroid gland by the body itself);
• Lack of iodine.

It is worth knowing that hormonal therapy stabilizes the patient's condition, and alcohol taken inadvertently again causes fluctuations in the hormone system. That is why pathologies of various types can occur, from a simple deterioration in well-being to complex tachycardia, etc.

Androgens and antiandrogens

This type of hormones is used most often in the treatment of men, since such hormones are primarily responsible for the formation of secondary male sexual characteristics. In addition, androgens and antiandrogens stabilize catabolic processes in the body. Indications for taking such hormones can be:

• Oncology of the prostate;
• Violations in the work of the endocrine system;
• Disorders of the reproductive system.

Women are treated with such hormones in case of formations in the uterus or mammary gland, as well as in osteoporosis or menopause.

If a man combines androgens with alcohol, then the body will increase the production of the hormone estrogen. And this, in turn, will completely negate the therapeutic effect (at least) or disrupt the liver.

glucagon with alcohol

This type of hormone is indicated for spasms of the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract and for hypoglycemia. If the patient has hypoglycemia, then the simultaneous intake of alcohol with hormones can provoke a hypoglycemic coma. In the most innocent case, therapy will simply be useless.

insulin with alcohol

The worst side effect can result from this combination. The fact is that alcohol in itself leads to a decrease in the glycemic index in the liver. And in diabetics, it is already reduced. If you combine the hormone insulin with alcohol, it can lead to coma and even death. Therefore, risking alcohol in this case is strictly prohibited. It is worth remembering that doctors may simply not have time to provide first aid to the patient, since the alcohol-insulin reaction passes at lightning speed.

Hormones ganadotropins and hormones of the pituitary / hypothalamus

This group of hormones is prescribed when the function of the hormonal glands in the patient decreases. The therapy is long and constantly monitored. If the whole process is disrupted by the intervention of ethanol, then at least all efforts will be reduced to the initial state of the patient, that is, a hormonal failure will occur. In the worst case, the patient's nervous system and some of the internal organs will be severely affected.

Estrogens/gestagens and alcohol

Estrogen therapy is prescribed mainly for women with such pathologies:

• If hormonal failure is noted;
• Menstrual irregularities;
• Infertility or miscarriages;
• Inhibition of ovulation in the middle of the cycle;
• Dysfunction of female ovaries;
• And also with atherosclerosis.

Needless to say, if a woman is struggling with infertility, then drinking alcohol is inappropriate in principle. However, even under such conditions, some patients decide to violate the prohibitions. In this case, the level of estrogen will rise sharply, which is not good for the body. So, a one-time and short-term increase in the hormone, the liver and kidneys will survive calmly. But if the picture is constant, which is not excluded when alcohol is combined with hormones on an ongoing basis, then the liver will not withstand such pressure and will simply fail.

Corticosteroids and alcoholic beverages

If a patient with hormonal therapy with corticosteroids begins to drink alcohol, then severe toxic poisoning is possible. In addition, the risk of internal bleeding in the digestive tract increases by about 1.5 times. It is also possible the formation of ulcerative formations in the stomach or intestines. In addition, there may be an increase in pressure to a critical level, CNS disorders and additional hormonal failure.

Hormonal contraceptives and alcohol

This group of drugs suggests that a lady can drink some alcohol while taking the pills. However, it is worth knowing that we are really talking about small portions of alcohol and only of excellent quality. So, a woman who is protected from pregnancy with pills can drink a glass of dry red wine, a glass of whiskey or 0.5 liters of beer twice a week. No more!

If a lady abuses alcohol, then, at a minimum, the effectiveness of the pills will be zero (pregnancy may occur), and in the maximum case, spotting or even hormonal failure will appear.

Important: in no case, under any pretext, do not drink alcohol in tandem with hormonal drugs. This is a big risk to health and life.