Re: able to drink???
From: Monica (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:42:43 -0500 (CDT)
Hi kb and all,
Hope you don't mind if I jump in here, too. I find that I can't
tolerate more than one drink, too. I feel the effects almost
immediately and the next day have the same headache and sick to stomach
feeling that you described. I'm staying away from it too. I'm only on
500 mg 2x a day so far. I once tried having a glass of wine about an
hour before dinner (and my second dose of MET) and seemed to tolerate it
better. For what it's worth. Just my experience. I never drank much
to begin with, I hated the way I would feel the next day (even with just
1 glass of wine), and now it's even worse. I've also read that your
chances of lactic acidosis increases if you drink while on MET. I also
read lactic acidosis is fatal in 50% of the cases - which scares the
bahjeebees out of me! :)Monica
At Tue, 15 Aug 2000, kb wrote:
>
>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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