(Sun-08-02-2015, 11:35 AM)mataribot Wrote: Alcohol consumption can have a significant impact on your digestive track.  It's not advisable to wash down any medication with a pint o' Guinness that requires the stomach to digest.  It's irrelevant if there is any real reaction between the drug and alcohol,  it's simply NOT worth the potential lawsuit.

On the other hand, biologics are injected to avoid breakdown by the stomach,  so there is the potential to tip a few cold ones, but I'd wouldn't recommend it. Many people who take biologics complain about dehydration. I don't think alcohol is the best choice here. I'd also not recommended anything with caffeine in it on the day of injection to. This is just my opinion, and I think the best choice for taking meds is H2O, unless doctor advises otherwise.

On a side note,  a do miss drinking beer over there.  The beer taste sooo much better over in Ireland. I'd think I'd become an alcoholic if i lived there.

I have to agree with you reluctantly and say you are totally right H2O is the right thing to wash drugs down.... But Mataribot I enjoy a drink with my dinner and it has not affected the efficacy of the drug for me ,
If it stopped working .. I may well consider giving up alcohol... Perhaps and I'm not prepared to test the theory that I may be able to reduce my dose if I stopped drinking ( here I should point out that I am not alcoholic but enjoy a drink with my evening meal some days I drink nothing but water)
Thanks for your words of wisdom though, it's a very good point

Nice Matari. But I don't buy it completely.

Of course the USA is the world of the lawsuits, that may be the main reason not to use alcohol, as follows from your first sentence.

In Europe there is less fuss about alcohol and drugs.

By the way,digestion is done in the intestines, not in the stomach.

Sure H2O, or like Bill, with lots of food, is better.
But I don't think it harms depending on the type of alcoholic beverage. Like beer contains only little alcohol.

(Sun-08-02-2015, 12:31 PM)Caroline Wrote: Nice Matari. But I don't buy it completely.

Of course the USA is the world of the lawsuits, that may be the main reason not to use alcohol, as follows from your first sentence.

In Europe there is less fuss about alcohol and drugs.

By the way,digestion is done in the intestines, not in the stomach.

Sure H2O, or like Bill, with lots of food, is better.
But I don't think it harms depending on the type of alcoholic beverage. Like beer contains only little alcohol.

Not quite right  When food reaches the stomach, food is stored and digested by being mixed with acid and digestive enzymes to form a liquid called chyme.  Next, this chyme passes slowly into the duodenum, the first segment of the small intestine.  Bile from the liver and gallbladder along with enzymes from the pancreas are added to chyme in the duodenum to further digest it into small nutrients.Acidic, partially digested food known as chyme reaches the lower GI tract through the pyloric sphincter of the stomach. Chyme passing through the pyloric sphincter first enters the duodenum, a one-foot long, C-shaped segment of the small intestine located inferior to and to the right of the stomach. In addition to chyme, the duodenum also receives bile from the gallbladder and liver, as well as pancreatic juice from the pancreas. Bile and pancreatic juice mix with chyme in the duodenum to neutralize the chyme's acidity, emulsify lipids, and chemically digest the chyme into its most basic building blocks.

A small amount of absorption of nutrients also takes place in the walls of the duodenum, but most of the absorption takes place in the jejunum. The jejunum is the eight-foot long, convoluted middle section of the small intestine that is located between the duodenum and the ileum. Chyme entering the jejunum has been thoroughly digested and is ready to have its nutrients absorbed through the intestinal mucosa. The mucosa of the jejunum contains many finger-like projections, or villi, along with many circular folds along its length. These structures greatly increase the surface area of the jejunum, which increases the jejunum’s ability to absorb nutrients. By the time chyme moves from the jejunum to the ileum, about 90% of its nutrient content has been absorbed into the bloodstream.

Chyme continues along the length of the small intestine and enters the ileum, a highly folded, 10-foot long tube that leads to the cecum of the large intestine. Chyme entering the ileum is very low in nutrients, so the ileum is specialized for the absorption of the very last remaining traces of nutrients before moving the chyme on to the large intestine. The ileum contains villi and folds similar to the jejunum to increase its surface area and to increase the absorption of nutrients. Small masses of lymphatic tissue known as Peyer’s patches line the ileum and monitor the contents of the intestines for pathogens to prevent illness.

Thanks for the explanation Dave. I didn't know this into this detail !

(Sun-08-02-2015, 09:28 AM)Caroline Wrote: Sorry to have upset you Fred  

Oh I take no notice of what you say, I'm used to it now.  

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:41 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 09:28 AM)Caroline Wrote: Sorry to have upset you Fred  

Oh I take no notice of what you say, I'm used to it now.  

Why was you upset then?

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:49 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:41 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 09:28 AM)Caroline Wrote: Sorry to have upset you Fred  

Oh I take no notice of what you say, I'm used to it now.  

Why was you upset then?  

I wasn't, it was a Jest.

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:51 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:49 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:41 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 09:28 AM)Caroline Wrote: Sorry to have upset you Fred  

Oh I take no notice of what you say, I'm used to it now.  

Why was you upset then?  

I wasn't, it was a Jest.  

Thought so...

(Sun-08-02-2015, 17:39 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:51 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:49 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:41 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 09:28 AM)Caroline Wrote: Sorry to have upset you Fred  

Oh I take no notice of what you say, I'm used to it now.  

Why was you upset then?  

I wasn't, it was a Jest.  

Thought so...  

I might still be upset you know ,what about me !!!!!

(Sun-08-02-2015, 19:18 PM)D Foster Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 17:39 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:51 PM)Fred Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:49 PM)Caroline Wrote:

(Sun-08-02-2015, 13:41 PM)Fred Wrote: Oh I take no notice of what you say, I'm used to it now.  

Why was you upset then?  

I wasn't, it was a Jest.  

Thought so...  

I might still be upset you know ,what about me !!!!!

Oh, poor Dave. Better now ??