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Re: able to drink???From: kb (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 15 Aug 2000 01:25:43 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Randi2 wrote: > >I drink very infrequently. Maybe a glass of wine or two every other >month. My RE advised me, in general, to stay away from alcohol because >it could make me dehydrated. He said that an occassional glass of wine >would almost certainly cause no problem for me, but I should be very >careful not to drink to excess. We must NOT get drunk while on Met. It >could cause severe dehydration.. or worse. > >At Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Emily wrote: >> >>I'm curious about this too. I'm a sophomore in college and drinking is an >>occasional thing for me. But, I don't want to give up those occasional >>drinks. What are the risks while being on met? >> >>Em >> >>>I enjoy having a few drinks every so often but i was told i can't drink >>>while being on met. Could i just skip my pills for a day if i choose to >>>drink. what are the risks of drinking while being on met anyway? >>>thanks, melissa >>> >-- I found out since being on met that less than two drinks made me very ill. even if it was over a four or five hour period of time and even if I had eaten. It wasn't like gettig a hangover the next day,I would get a violent headache and sick to my stomach before I could finish the second drink. at first I didn't put the two together, but this has happenend every time I drink since I've on the met. So now I just go by the warning lable on the side of the medication bottle:Do not use alcohol when taking this medication. It's there for a reason so I figure it's directed at me. I've got enough problems with my health so I figure why create more by not following directions. ve have had
-- kb
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