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Re: Alcohol and Metformin
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:53:20 -0500 (CDT)
Hello! I have recently been diagnosed with PCOS about four weeks ago.
Since then I have been taking 1000mg a day of Metformin. I have noticed
a big difference with my drinking habits. I am usually comfortable with
5 or six drinks. Now I have 1 (ONE) and I feel completely loaded. I
went out with my sister and had two margaritas and could hardly walk and
talk. I definitely have to change my consumption.I would strongly
encourage those who drink alcohol to be careful especially if you are
new to Metformin.
At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, click wrote:
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>Wierd, I'm on glucophage XR (1000mg a day) and I don't really drink
>beers or non-hard alcohol, but I don't feel the effects of alcohol AS
>WELL as I did without hte glucophage...I had 8 shots of tequila a few
>nights ago and I was dandy fine. I mean, I was silly, but I could walk
>just fine.
>..Guess everyones different..
>
>At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Liz wrote:
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>>I couldn't help but reply to this message. As a college student, I
>>usually went out drinking almost everyweekend. I was diagnosed with
>>PCOS in my very last year of college. I started taking metformin and
>>didn't think twice about it. Suddenly, though, I started having really
>>bad reactions with alcohol. I knew exactly how much alcohol I could
>>handle previous to starting medication, but with the metformin, I really
>>started feeling the effects of alcohol after one or two drinks.
>>My reactions since then with alcohol were bad, my friends told me I was
>>acting really strange and once I blacked out...that particular time, I
>>had 5 drinks in the evening. That really scared me. I also would feel
>>sick very early in the evening and was likely to wind up throwing up. My
>>friends noticed the difference and started calling the metformin my
>>"crazy pills".
>>Now, I do like to drink, so I started experimenting a bit on my own to
>>see if I could get some compromise. I definitely had to really cut down
>>on drinking. But, after some trial and error, I found that my reactions
>>to alcohol were OK if I hadn't taken the metformin for at least 24
>>hours. It does require prior planning if you are going to drink. If my
>>friends spontaneously go out after work, I volunteer to be DD. I don't
>>like to get into the whole PCOS explanation with them, but it seems that
>>a lot of people are on medicine that you can't mix with alcohol so I
>>just mention that i'm on some medicine and no one bugs me to drink the
>>rest of the evening.
>> Hope that helps!
>>Liz
>>
>>At Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Cathy wrote:
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>>>At Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Jodi wrote:
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>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I was wondering if any of you knew how long you have to be off of
>>>>Metformin in order to be able to safely drink alcoholic beverages?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Jodi
>>>>
>>>I was a silly girl the other day and drank some alcohol whilst taking 3
>>>metformin. I was so sick in that i had wind and bad cramps for thr rest
>>>fot he night. Dont do it!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Cathy
>>>
>>>--
>>>LOVE Cathy
>>>
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