Report Abuse. Japan is very conservative. Japan is also intolerant of others and xenophobic. They tend to be more monolithic than the US-there is very little diversity among the population.
The only way that alcohol can affect any of these antibiotics is to alter the rate in which the liver breaks them down or increase the rate in which they are excreted. However, because this is only true of certain antibiotics it is not true that alcohol, as a rule, decreases the effectiveness of antibiotics.
All types of liver disease above can cause damage to the liver. The advice on this page is specific to alcohol-related liver disease. Alcohol-related liver disease can be prevented if you understand the impact excessive alcohol drinking can have on your liver and take-steps to control the amount you drink. For more information on how alcohol affects your health, read about the short and long-term effects of alcohol in your body.