What will happen if you drink alcohol & take six 800mg. ibuprofens at the same time?
The short answer is you would likely choke, trying to swallow 6 tablets and drink at the same time. As to the pharmacological effects on the body, it depends on several factors. As stated by j00nit, ibuprofen is one of the safest NSAIDs in terms of overdosage. However, 6 x 800mg = 4.8g. The maximum recommended adult dose is half that daily, and this to be taken in increments. The BNF recommends activtaed charcoal therapy for doses of more than 400mg per kg body weight, so unless it’s a very small child, this dosage shouldn’t require serious treatment. However., you may still be symptomatic, and feel nauseous, vomit or suffer tinnitus (ringing sound in the ears). Of course, side effects caused by the drugs even in nromal doses are likely to be increased in severity as well, and at this dose you may suffer from ulceration of the stomach, possibly diarrhoea. However, to address the issue of silmultaneous alcoho involvement is hard, since you don’t give any idea of how much. Alcohol is det
