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The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science • 1968 | View Paper
“The present study was an attempt to confirm Taylor's observations that metronidazole reduces the desire of alcoholics to drink and produces disulfiram-like reactions to alcohol.”
“BACKGROUND It is common practice to warn against intake of alcohol (ethanol) when taking metronidazole because of the risk of an effect similar to disulfiram (Antabuse).”
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke • 2014 | View Paper
“Conclusion: Daily use of the 62% ethyl alcohol gel by men before and after sex significantly increased persistence or early recurrence of BV in their partners through 2 months after metronidazole treatment.”
“Fortunately, I checked the Physicians' Desk Reference first and was reminded not only of metronidazole's toxicity but also of its disulfiramlike interaction with alcohol.”