Can Someone Please Tell Me What the Immediate Dangers Are of Combining Percocet, Cocaine, and Alcohol?

Question by Joe S: Can someone please tell me what the immediate dangers are of combining Percocet, Cocaine, and Alcohol?
I have a friend that uses cocaine and alcohol recreationally. He recently suffered and injury, and is on Percocet.

I am trying to tell him that while he is on this drug, he should not drink, or do cocaine, but he is not listening to me, and on a few occasions has done all three in one night.

Can anyone here tell me medically why this is a particularly bad idea? I would like to show him an educated answer.

Best answer:

Answer by Q
Simple answer: It’s bad because he could die. Percocet and alcohol are depressants, and in combination could cause him to pass out and vomit, and inhale his vomit, and die. Or just pass out, and stop breathing, and die, like in the case of Heath Ledger, a healthy 28 year old. The cocaine could impair his judgment, so he drinks too much, or takes too much Percocet. The alcohol could also impair judgment and make him do something unsafe or deadly.

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