My doctor drinks in mypub and I remember having this conversation over booze.
I'm happy to take my hazy recollection of his word over Wiki anyday. ( I'd take any fact I heard in the pub before I'll take Wiki at face value ).
(I'm happy to take my hazy recollection of his word over Wiki anyday. ( I'd take any fact I heard in the pub before I'll take Wiki at face value ).
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 27 Mar 2009, 17:01,
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I know you hate wikipediaSo here are the websites which wikipedia cites:
www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/871.aspx?CategoryID=73&SubCategoryID=103&r=1&rtitle=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nhs.uk%2fchq+-+871%3fCategoryID%3d73%26SubCategoryID%3d103
www.mayoclinic.com/health/antibiotics-and-alcohol/AN01802
You're right in as far as it's probably alright to drink on antibiotics, but wrong in that if they're rarer kinds, you'll end up puking. You're half-right that alcohol might make the antibiotics stop working, but again, it depends what they are, and usually it won't. (And I don't get the metabolising part - I mean, sure, you don't metabolise the antibiotics, but that just means they don't get broken down, so they'd keep working for longer, wouldn't they?)
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Fri 27 Mar 2009, 17:06,
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www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/871.aspx?CategoryID=73&SubCategoryID=103&r=1&rtitle=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nhs.uk%2fchq+-+871%3fCategoryID%3d73%26SubCategoryID%3d103
www.mayoclinic.com/health/antibiotics-and-alcohol/AN01802
You're right in as far as it's probably alright to drink on antibiotics, but wrong in that if they're rarer kinds, you'll end up puking. You're half-right that alcohol might make the antibiotics stop working, but again, it depends what they are, and usually it won't. (And I don't get the metabolising part - I mean, sure, you don't metabolise the antibiotics, but that just means they don't get broken down, so they'd keep working for longer, wouldn't they?)
I'm not a chemist so I'm out of my depth hereBut I understand that the antibiotics make their way through your system at a set rate and the more of it going into your faeces the less effective it is. ( I think )
And I'm not saying it's ok to drink and take them. What would be the point? I'm just saying that there are many myths about it and only 5 or so antibiotics known to doctors to cause any kind of side-effect.
(And I'm not saying it's ok to drink and take them. What would be the point? I'm just saying that there are many myths about it and only 5 or so antibiotics known to doctors to cause any kind of side-effect.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 27 Mar 2009, 17:11,
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I guess the thing isif you can't metabolise the antibiotic, it's like taking a bigger dose, and that might not be pleasant.
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Fri 27 Mar 2009, 17:18,
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*recovers sense of humour*"My doctor drinks in my pub and I remember having this conversation over booze."
Ha ha, he must have been on the metronidazole first. :-S
(Ha ha, he must have been on the metronidazole first. :-S
Bee Nice |-|,
Fri 27 Mar 2009, 17:43,
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