What can happen if you mix alcohol with medication? Find out.

What can happen if you mix alcohol with medication? Find out.

Many older adults take medications and millions drink alcoholic beverages, but should you mix them?

See what can happen when you mix medicine and alcohol.

Take a quiz to see how alcohol can affect our bodies as we age.

For more, see “Safe Use of Medicines,” from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH.

The information on Alcohol Use and Older Adults was provided by NIHSeniorHealth and developed by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at NIH.