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No alcohol on antibiotics

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YellowWave · 06/08/2020 18:19

I have a cupboard of bottles of spirits at home. I might sound like and alcoholic. I don't drink every day or every evenings. Some evenings I do like to have a drink. I do it more so for relaxation or for meditation.

Like for example, when I do an online grocery shop, my mother likes to sit down with me and she wants me to shop for her too. She has a different way of shopping online. She wants me to trawl through the special offer pages and she gets agitated if the stuff she wants isn't on offer. Honestly, it's a big headache with her and I can't get through the process without a drink and a vape. If I was still smoking, I would have a pack of fags gone.

I work as a nanny. Some days are better than others. I'm having one of them days at work. I'm expected to be a miracle worker for this family.

I'm stuck in work with a child who is off form. The parents are doing what they do best. Wanting to be a childless couple dumping the load on me and expecting me to be a miracle worker. They have a party at the weekend so have chosen to continue as normal ignoring their child's cough. They have a lot of people coming to a party. We'll good luck to them but I won't be there and I won't be involved.

It's just one of them days where I badly need a drink. My day is still not over. I was running out the door to work this morning and my mother wants me to do online shopping for her tonight. This time to a pharmacy. Not for meds but for beauty creams. It doesn't matter what time of the night I might be allowed home at. It could be 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 at night. If I want a cup of tea, I will clearly have to pay rent monies to my employer and to my mother.

I badly need a drink when I'm allowed to get home but I'm on antibiotics for an dental abscess. The instructons says no alcohol. What do I do

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Extraction20 · 06/08/2020 18:20

Which antibiotics?

Wolfiefan · 06/08/2020 18:23

You can’t get through something without it.
That’s seriously bad news OP. Badly need a drink? You need better coping mechanisms.

Some ABs will make you seriously ill if you drink on them.

thebearwentoverthebumble · 06/08/2020 18:23

I'm a pharmacy worker aslong as its not metronidazole then you will be fine to have a couple of drinks, if it's metronidazole you will become very sick.

YellowWave · 06/08/2020 18:25

It is an antib beginning with M.

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Extraction20 · 06/08/2020 18:26

You can't, op.

YellowWave · 06/08/2020 18:27

I checked my lunch bag, it is that antib beginning with Met and ending in zole

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YellowWave · 06/08/2020 18:29

Looks like I might be finished at 7, hopefully and fingers crossed. I have a ranging headache and it's disappointing I can't have a glass of drink tonight.

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Yutes · 06/08/2020 18:30

Don’t do it OP.

My friend did it. She said it was like projectile vomit.
Vape. Have a coffee. Save the drink for after the antibiotics

FiresideTreats · 06/08/2020 18:31

Metronidazole? Do NOT.

pamwilliams · 06/08/2020 18:31

You cannot drink on Metronidazole ( other name is Flagyl) it will make you sick

GhostTypeEevee · 06/08/2020 18:32

If it's for a dental abscess could it be metronidazole? I was told not to drink alcohol under any circumstances as the side effects can be really severe

nancybotwinbloom · 06/08/2020 18:33

Don't op.

I was very sick one holiday after I drank too soon after the course had finished.

I was literally lying on the bathroom floor where the tiles were cool just about able to lift myself up to be sick on the toilet. Never been so ill.

No alcohol on antibiotics
Likefootball · 06/08/2020 18:33

Surely it's better to take your antibiotics,you won't be on them forever, and give the booze a miss, the instructions say no alcohol for a reason.
If you can't do without a drink then you may have another problem.

PurpleDaisies · 06/08/2020 18:34

You absolutely cannot drink with metronidazole.

What other things do you enjoy that you could have as a treat instead? Sorry about your abscess. Flowers

mineofuselessinformation · 06/08/2020 18:35

Metronidazole is vicious enough on its own, let alone combined with alcohol - you're advised to avoid mouthwash with alcohol in it, even.
You need to allow 24 hours after finishing it before drinking - sorry!
Could you make yourself a fake pimms with berry juice, lemonade and a few bits of fruit in it?
Sorry you've had a bad day. It sounds like you need to put some boundaries in place with your mum.

DeathMetalMum · 06/08/2020 18:36

Definitely not. There is a very severe interaction/reaction with metronidazole and alcohol. Not even a drop.

Parkrunner25 · 06/08/2020 18:37

If it's Metronidazole (the most commonly prescribe antibiotic for dental issues) you absolutely CAN'T (and shouldn't until 48 hours after finishing the course). It will make you really, REALLY ill. I'm sorry you're having a hard time.

Crinkle77 · 06/08/2020 18:44

If it's metrodizanole then it's a definite no. It can make you violently ill.

PinkSnowAndStars · 06/08/2020 18:46

Noooo not with metronidazole. Nope. No - don’t do it. It’s the one that makes you REALLY sick!!

BlueThursday · 06/08/2020 18:46

Metronidazole make me sick enough not to want a drink for the 10 days!

Feetupteashot · 06/08/2020 18:48

Metronidazole has an Antabuse like reaction with booze so you'll be sick as a dog if you do

2bazookas · 06/08/2020 18:53

alcohol can stop the antibiotic working as it should. So don't drink until you finish the course.

If you struggle not to drink, it's time to cut down.

PurpleDaisies · 06/08/2020 18:57

alcohol can stop the antibiotic working as it should

This isn’t correct, but the op absolutely mustn’t drink while taking metronidazole (or for two days after) because of the interaction with alcohol. The op will be very unwell.

PurpleDaisies · 06/08/2020 18:59

There’s a useful page here...

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/medicines/can-i-drink-alcohol-while-taking-antibiotics/

YellowWave · 06/08/2020 19:02

I'm really having a day from hell. The woman I work is a cunt giving me a headache for the day.

I know taking my antibs properly should be my main priority. If I have a drink though I could be sick for tomorrow and Monday and I could nearly if pass it off as covid and get 2 weeks off and maybe even some more weeks too.

I'm working for a family who is treating me like a slave. The first thing that happened when I went into work was I slipped on a wet floor, not once but twice. The day was a nightmare after that. They have a child with a haevy cold completely turning a blind eye to covid because of their weekend plans.

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