To have a glass of wine before I start my antibiotics?

[Alligatorpie]

I am 34 weeks pregnant, and have a drink every few weeks ( or less in the early months). AIBU to have a glass tonight and start my antibiotics later or in the morning? Damn pregnancy UTI's!

What antibiotics are they, you may well be able to do both.

Unless you've been prescribed metronidazole there's no reason why you can't have a glass of wine and the antibiotics!

Have never understood why people who are ill enough to need anti-biotics are so desperate to have alcohol..

YABU to "need" antibiotics and then put off taking them for a trivial reason.

YA also BU to just assume that all antibiotics mean that you can't have a glass of wine.

Yabu start the AB and have wine next week

It's a bit of an urban myth that you can't drink on antibiotics.

It's only a few such as metronidazole or tinidazole (& some others) that you mustn't mix with alcohol.

If you weren't preg I'd say go ahead. Since you are pregnant who knows whether the concoction will affect the baby? Does anyone know whether the two drugs will interact in a way that may be less than ideal for baby?

I wouldn't do it myself, and whoever mentioned the effect of alcohol on your bladder is probably right. Avoid it while you're unwell.

I thought with abs the main problem is that you may get drunk quicker, though I suppose it then might affect your baby quicker.

Normally I'd say yanbu, but considering you are pg, I'd give it a miss and say yabu.

having watched QI, the reason was that people were told not to drink because the anti-bs were given to stop STDS (and drinking involved whoring of course!)

as you are not likely to be headed off to the knocking shop, i would think the anti-bs would still be effective.

however being a veteran of the mid-pg UTI i would say No booze whatsoever until the infection is gone, no sugary drinks either, no tea - just water. You want to give your immune system the best possible chance of clearing the bug - clear it out with some water and don't give your kidneys anything other than the easiest job to do.

and then have wine when you are better :)

Yabu the alchol won't do you any favours, finish the course then have a glass.

Decision made. I took one sip and spat it out.

Thanks for the reminder of how alcohol affects UTIs. But, I am drinking lots of water. It is 35c here and the air con in my classroom is broken. It has been a very long day!

I will enjoy a glass of good wine in six weeks!

sigh<

my first pregnancy put me off wine for years...and red wine particularly

I know it is nice. but it doesn't taste nice any more...

champagne has always been ok though...

what featherbag said. Antibiotics (other than metrodiazole AKA flagyl) do not interact with alcohol. Alcohol does not stop antibiotics working.

It is a myth.