Experiences - metronidazole and alcohol .... whoaa...

[port 21]

Pretty much a warning if swiy is thinking of doing it.

Swim was on antibiotics called metronidazole (strong antibiotics after the previous course had failed), it was for an infected nerve in the gums, swim did what he was told, didnt drink while on them etc, then, the day after he finished them he went to the pub...

Thats where it got quite nasty, after only 2 and a half pints (he can normally drink WAY more) he started feeling horrible, the only way to describe it was when swim was sitting in the pubs toilet asgaint the wall, it felt like a cross between a bad Ket trip and a good shroom trip, swim felt like he was being pulled and twisted and churned about and he was falling, sweat was dripping off him and his friend couldnt even pick him up by his hand he was so sweaty. Every time he closed his eyes he seemed to fall into a green fuzzy blob in his minds eye. Was some weird shit.
Swim was violently sick and now feels horrible the day after.

Metronidazole is believed to have the ability to block the body's breakdown of alcohol, leading to an accumulation of a substance called acetaldehyde in the blood stream.
Theoretically, this may occur within 10 minutes of ingestion of alcohol and may last several hours. It is said to be characterised by intense flushing, breathlessness, headache, increased or irregular heart rate, low blood pressure, nausea and vomiting.
This possible reaction is dangerous because it is so unpredictable and may be extremely severe. Although there has been little in the way of published pharmacological evidence to support this interaction with alcohol, a review of the literature between 1969 and 1982 reports cases involving eight patients, four of which were serious, including one death.

This is just a warning really to any swimmers that think it might be okay to just have a couple.
It fucked swim up royally after 2 and a half pints of beer.

[Sven99]

My hamster has been prescribed metronidazole a couple of times, and the advice was to wait 48 hours after finishing before drinking again

[Jatelka]

This is the one occasion where the doctor's admonishment/popular myth about "don't drink with antibiotics" is true (quite apart from the not drinking alcohol when one is feeling generally ropey):

metronidazole and alcohol will make you feel like absolute shit/poisoned

[port 21]

Swim was never told about the waiting 48 hours :/

Although he should have waited after finishing the course.

The feeling was indescribable, was like a mixture of experiences, the out of body feeling of salvia, the weightlessness of weed and the neasia and vomitting of baby woodrose =P

Apparently people have died from drinking while on the medication, swim just hopes people google around if they want to know whether doing it is safe, i just hope they happen across this thread or another like it and dont. Way not worth it.