swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Been having some toothache grief over recent days, and I found myself the other evening saying to 'er indores: "Is it ok to take aspirin and paracetamol and ibuprofen all at the same time?" "No," she says. "Oh, that's a shame." "Why?" "'Cos I just did." Cue much eye-rolling, bewailing, rude name-calling. Still, I'm here to tell the tale.
When I picked up the prescription antibiotics from the chemist, the nice lady cautioned me against taking them with alcohol. Yeah, yeah, of course they say that. Like I'm going to give up my evening pint. I'm sure I read somewhere that that's an old wives tale etc etc. But on a once-bitten just to be on the safe side basis I googled the name of the drug + alcohol, and...
I was on Metronidazole for my gums once, but the dentist forgot to tell me that drinking alcohol would cause me great pain whilst on it...
Long story short; take it from me, do not do it, at all!
and:
right well basically metronidazole is a precursor (innactivated) form of a very toxic drug. The way it detects bacteria is by relying on the fact that the bacteria metronidazole are good at killing are anaerobes (dont use oxygen - good example is plain h. pylori (stomach ulcer bacterium)). Normally this is great because our cells use oxygen (are aerobic) so the bacteria are targeted and destroyed. If you drink even a modest amount of alcohol this will cause some of your cells to start respiring anaerobically - just a thing alcohol does. This means the antibiotic will target your cells too and kill them. End result you get very sick. Ive been told the effects are somewhat similar to those of people taking antabuse - basically drinking anything will make you feel nauseous and potentially be sick.
and:
Metronidazole is prescibed far too readily as a "cure all",especially by dentists. Its a potent drug which disrupts the lives of the majority of users to some extent from mild stomach upsets to fainting, fits and commonly nausea. Using alcohol with the drug is always going to lead to problems.Interestingly in some countries Metronidazole is rarely prescribed except as a 'last resort' and certainly not for abcess or gum diseases.The thing is it is very cheap to produce so the drug companies push it.Itdoes the job but you have to accept a week or more of feeling absolutely crap.
Fortunately, tho' I also found:
Your all a big bunch of student f@nnies, I'm on Metronidazole for a gum infection and I went out last night and got so drunk I don't even remember going home, at no point in the evening did I get ANY of your supposed side effects and I felt so fine this morning I made it to my work (unlike some others!!!) so stuff your advice up your @rse because you CAN drink alcohol with these tablets, in any quantity you like!
So that's me sorted. Cheers!
When I picked up the prescription antibiotics from the chemist, the nice lady cautioned me against taking them with alcohol. Yeah, yeah, of course they say that. Like I'm going to give up my evening pint. I'm sure I read somewhere that that's an old wives tale etc etc. But on a once-bitten just to be on the safe side basis I googled the name of the drug + alcohol, and...
I was on Metronidazole for my gums once, but the dentist forgot to tell me that drinking alcohol would cause me great pain whilst on it...
Long story short; take it from me, do not do it, at all!
and:
right well basically metronidazole is a precursor (innactivated) form of a very toxic drug. The way it detects bacteria is by relying on the fact that the bacteria metronidazole are good at killing are anaerobes (dont use oxygen - good example is plain h. pylori (stomach ulcer bacterium)). Normally this is great because our cells use oxygen (are aerobic) so the bacteria are targeted and destroyed. If you drink even a modest amount of alcohol this will cause some of your cells to start respiring anaerobically - just a thing alcohol does. This means the antibiotic will target your cells too and kill them. End result you get very sick. Ive been told the effects are somewhat similar to those of people taking antabuse - basically drinking anything will make you feel nauseous and potentially be sick.
and:
Metronidazole is prescibed far too readily as a "cure all",especially by dentists. Its a potent drug which disrupts the lives of the majority of users to some extent from mild stomach upsets to fainting, fits and commonly nausea. Using alcohol with the drug is always going to lead to problems.Interestingly in some countries Metronidazole is rarely prescribed except as a 'last resort' and certainly not for abcess or gum diseases.The thing is it is very cheap to produce so the drug companies push it.Itdoes the job but you have to accept a week or more of feeling absolutely crap.
Fortunately, tho' I also found:
Your all a big bunch of student f@nnies, I'm on Metronidazole for a gum infection and I went out last night and got so drunk I don't even remember going home, at no point in the evening did I get ANY of your supposed side effects and I felt so fine this morning I made it to my work (unlike some others!!!) so stuff your advice up your @rse because you CAN drink alcohol with these tablets, in any quantity you like!
So that's me sorted. Cheers!
