Mounjaro and alcohol

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Anyone had any experiences drinking alcohol whilst on mounjaro? I’m a binge drinker, I only drink on nights out and as a mum of two haven’t drank since before Christmas but three nights ago I went for a bottomless brunch. Next day I felt fine but during the night I got the worst indigestion, I thought my stomach was going to explode. I threw up and felt miles better. During the day felt like I had a bubble in my chest. I think it was a prolonged hangover. Not doing that again. Next time I’ll drink is on my birthday and I’ll be having 2 max ! Anyone else experienced this? I’m going to continue as this is the first side effect I’ve had.

I’m not on jabs but DH is and it’s exactly how he feels after alcohol. He doesn’t drink usually but on occasion if he goes out with his friends.

Thankyou. It’s reassuring that it wasn’t just me.

Drinking on MJ is horrendous! Life ruining. Awful. I can have 2 glasses of wine and I’m kind of ok, but any more than that and I’m so sick

Very, very common! If you search the board you’ll find numerous stories of hideous hangovers!

Yeah just swap G&Ts for just Ts and it does the trick! I used to do that in pregnancies 😂

I’ve had a couple of nights but usually drink cider. Wake up feeling ok and then a few hours later along comes the most horrendous acid reflux ever! Felt like if I could have been sick it would have helped 🙈

I’m only on 2.5 at the moment and I really can’t drink like I used to and I don’t fancy it like i did either. It’s an absolute miracle drug for me!

It killed any urge for me. Avoid!

I can't drink anywhere like i used to - wine is now watered down and certain drinks avoided totally. Its taken me from an excessive level each week to within guidelines

I can still drink though I do less than I used to. I tend to not fancy it when I go up a dose but then it wears off! I didn’t drink for the first 4 weeks of 5mg. Hoping it kicks back in when I move up to 10mg next week. That said, when I have drank I have been fine. Only drank excessively a couple of times since October though. The rest of the time it is one or two drinks max.

I am a glass of wine a day person. MJ hasn’t changed it that much. I still enjoy it. But, I think I am drinking less - as I seem to be buying less bottles. It’s quite a subtle change though 🤷‍♀️.

Ps. I am still on 7.5 mg - and my suppression and weight loss doesn’t seem as much as others. I’m losing just under a pound a week.

Definitely making my bottles of wine last longer - where I would have polished off a bottle in an evening without breaking a sweat, now I make a bottle last 3 days or so. Which is unheard of.

I just don’t fancy it in the same way, and I don’t have the urge once I’ve started to keep going.

tried a G&T the other day and felt horrendous, so I wonder if it’s the carbonation that does it. I haven’t had any fizzy drinks at all, just water or wine.

I used to easily polish off a bottle of wine in the evenings without blinking an eyelid, since MJ though
(7 weeks in and currently on 5mg), I fancy a glass with my evening meal but once that’s finished the wine doesn’t taste as good and I move on to water, however, I get the most outrageous hangovers even with just this 1 glass of red wine. Strangely enough, I’ve only experienced the hangover scenario since going up to 5mg…..

To echo others, I can do 2 glasses max, a couple of times a week. Fortunately I don’t fancy it more than that. Pretty much given up drinking at home - it’s a purely social going out thing now.

It’s bloody marvellous! So freeing. I wouldn’t call myself a problem drinker before, but I certainly drank too much, mostly out of habit/as a reward/to cheer myself up if low. All gone!