Quick question about wine!

[Somethingsnapped]

Is it a bad idea to have a glass of wine the evening before I'm about to take my very first dose of MJ?? I'm planning to take it before bed, but I feel like I want a last farewell to the wine, and to calm my nerves. But a niggling little voice in my head tells me this may not be the best idea, maybe due to potential side effects or something! Any words of wisdom or experience?

It’s fine. There are no issues, assuming you’re not going to actually drink the whole bottle, or two.

It doesn’t have to be a farewell to wine either. An occasional glass here and there isn’t going to be problematic.

Ah, thank you so much for the reply. Good to know you can still enjoy a glass sometimes. Quite a lot of people on mumsnet seem to get quite put off it whilst on WLI.

And yes, just planning one (large) glass!

I still have wine sometimes.
Have a gin or vodka most weekends. Haven't had any issue and still losing 2 average 2 pounds a week

First I’ve heard about alcohol and MJ!
Are you not meant to drink whilst using it??

@BrendaSmall have a read of the patient information leaflet that came with one of your pens. It doesn’t tell you not to drink alcohol, there’s no interaction or issue with it.

Some people have discussed on here and elsewhere that Mounjaro can make them a lot less interested in drinking alcohol so they have found themselves drinking a lot less.

I still have a wine now and again on mounjaro. But I remember feeling awful nausea at first and the last think I wanted was wine. Also indigestion and wine are not a good combo. I would refrain for the first dose to see any side effects. As when I have drank around injection time I feel like a bad hangover. But that's just my thoughts.

I also haven't really been interested in alcohol, and I don't miss it. I had a drink last night just for the sake of it, as I have plenty of calories spare, and could barely be bothered to finish it.

Thank you everyone for the replies! Sorry, I didn't mean to worry anyone or to imply that you shouldn't drink whilst on mounjaro! It was really just a question to do with starting it for the very first time. I have my first pen, and plan to take it tonight. I just wanted to make sure that, anecdotally at least, there wouldn't be a worse possibility of side effects like nausea if I had a glass of wine a few hours before the very first dose. Well, I've had a glass (although will stop there) and my nerves are not quite as bad as before!

Thanks again for the replies, and wish me luck!

Like others have said it will be absolutely fine if it’s a glass but I would say I got result really dry mouth after first couple of injections so make up for the wine with extra glasses of water before and after the jab! Good luck - best thing I’ve done for myself. Hope you find the same.

Thank you so much. This board has been such a great source of information. I don't know anyone in 'real life' who is on the jabs, so I'd be a bit lost without mumsnet.

Just wanted to add my voice to the ‘it’ll be fine!’ brigade!

What I wouldn’t suggest though is drinking more than a bottle at a party 61 weeks in😫😫😫 Very unhappy stomach today! 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

I bloody love Mumsnet 🍷
My online prescriber notes say that alcohol is not contraindicated, although the calories may affect your weight loss.

Had wine night before first one.

didn’t drink at all on 2.5 (mental block) now 22 weeks later on 10mg I drink as previously (3-4 times a week but can handle a lot less/goes straight to my head as I eat less )

I’ve not taken any notice of the alcohol bit as I gave up alcohol just after Christmas,

@BrendaSmall but you presumably will have read the patient information leaflet at some point, you could re-read it now, and my point was that there is no section about alcohol. If it was a problem there would be big clear instructions telling you “do not drink alcohol”, and the online pharmacies would repeat that clearly when you order. But they don’t because it isn’t an issue.

Thanks again everyone!

How are u feeling? Did u survive the first injection.

Ah, thank you for asking. I did survive! I was ridiculously nervous, but it all went well. I woke up in the night feeling quite sick, but it settled down a bit, and is just a faint nausea today.

I ate a very small and healthy breakfast and lunch, and felt full afterwards. Fingers tightly crossed all goes well going forward!

Strangely, one of the better side effects of MJ has been a drop in interest for drinking alcohol. No more hangovers 🤣

Great to hear. Keep going and wish u well.

I can drink a bottle on it and feel fine! It doesn’t have an interaction with alcohol

Why were you so nervous!!

I was excited to start, but got myself all worked up about the possibility of unpleasant side effects, like sickness etc. It was such an odd feeling, injecting something into myself that I was not yet sure how I would react to! I was sitting there, waiting for something huge to happen. 😁