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Terry takes a 12 hour allergy medication, and then drinks alcohol after waiting an hour. Explain why this is not safe behavior

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Answer:You shouldn't mix medication and alcohol because that could result in unknown effects like death.

Explanation:Cause you take medication you can get better but if you drink alcohol after you take your medication your can die and that bad for your health

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Answer:Its not safe behavior

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Because the primary side effect of these medications is drowsiness (case in point: Benadryl is also used to treat insomnia), which is also one of the primary side effects of alcohol consumption. “First-generation antihistamines will cause drowsiness in just about everybody, [and] alcohol does that, too.

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