Re: Alcohol and Metformin
From: click (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:09:29 -0500 (CDT)
Hmm I'm not sure if this would matter, but I was on glucophage for about
two years before I ever drank on it more than a few sips of wine.
I actually haven't even had hangovers the couple times I have binge
drank.
At Wed, 27 Aug 2003, anonymous wrote:
>
>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:
>>
>>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:
>>>
>>>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:
>>>>
>>>>At Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Jodi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>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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