wine?

hey,
well its day 25 and ive managed to leave the ciggys alone :)
the thing is i fancy a glass of wine ;) would this affect my meds propanolol ?
Thanks Abi

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Cheers !

by IAN MC - 2012-09-22 05:09:24

Hi Abi .... leave the ciggys alone for good if you can !

As for the wine ... propanalol is a beta blocker and will reduce your blood pressure. Alcohol may also reduce your BP so the two together could have an additive effect and may cause a bigger fall in BP than is desirable BUT it is up to you . I would have the odd glass myself and see what happens ( if you have a monitor to measure your blood pressure you could see if it does cause a drop ) . I would definitely avoid drinking a bottle of wine while taking a beta blocker but the occasional glass should be OK.

Many people may not agree but many people wrongly believe that you shouldn't take alcohol with any medications ( in fact alcohol interacts with relatively few drugs )

Best wishes

Ian


congrats

by ohiolaura - 2012-09-22 06:09:21

Good job on not smoking...........
Dont lose the time youve got going already,I agree on the wine,dont know,might interact with meds..........
Maybe try a wine cooler instead?Less alcohol.

Abi..dooing well !!

by Tattoo Man - 2012-09-23 07:09:15



Abi...Fags ..BAD

Wine...Not so BAD

IAN makes an interesting point re alcohol and medication. In World War One , Army Doctors made sure that all soldiers who had caught a dose of the clap while serving for King and Country were told that mixing Booze and Penicillin would end up with even more dire consequences.

Now that we have Freedom of Information in our lives, it has been revealed that the Medics told the poor little scared boys that drink was bad with Penicillin, when what they were really saying was ..".Keep the poor little scared soldiers off the sauce and they wont have the nerve to go into the whore houses in the first place"

Now, in hind sight, this is doubly sad because not only were the Poor Little Scared Soldiers going to most likely get shot to shreds, but would go up to heaven with no knowledge of a woman.

Serving King and Country ??..now that is what I call sacrifice

Tattoo Man.

PS My Mum knew soldiers in her village in France on thier way to Pacshendaele. None of the above should be seen as amusing

Greetings to Wine Drinks

by PKite - 2012-09-23 10:09:35

Here is my experience with wine (which may not be the same as the experience of others). Before my pm (implanted 5 days ago), I drank about 6 oz of wine every night before bed -- for me, it's better than a sleeping pill.
Two nights ago I decided to try a glass of wine before bed. It caused almost immediate, numerous palpitations. Otherwise, I have not had any problems with palpitations since my pm implant.

I've yet to talk with my Dr. about drinking wine. I'll miss it, but if its harmful for me I'll let it go. I'm on sotalol and irbesarten.

RussM

Russ

by IAN MC - 2012-09-24 05:09:36

Both drugs that you are taking, sotalol and irbesarten have the "potential" to interact with alcohol. Both,taken with alcohol, can increase falls in blood pressure. Irbesarten with alcohol can cause lightheadedness and the alcohol may make it more likely that you get some of irbesarten's other side-effects.

It sounds as though ,for you, taking alcohol with this combination is a bad idea but as you rightly said others may not have the same experience.

Cheers

Ian

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