i have to drink 8 oz of water with my antibiotic.  i hate water....is there any alternative thing i can drink with it. like tea????? would that work
129527
Try to stay away from caffine but things that are sugar free and nocaffine should work just fine . I am the same way I cant just drink 8 -8 oz glasses a day I try to get at least 3or 4 but i use crystal light  for the rest .
288392
I'm with you on the sugar substitutes. Splenda is not bitter like the others but I find it leaves that filmy after taste.UGH! Best bet, do what my mom did and just decrease your sugar a little bit daily. She says you get used to it if you do it this way. After a while she got to the point she hated the taste of sugar in her tea. I can help with the salt thing though. My mom had blood pressure issues. She piled salt on her food like it was snowing in her plate. No salt is gross. she rejected it right away, but I finally found something called Salt Sense. It is real salt with 33% less sodium. She never noticed the difference. Now my whole family uses it. It does not eliminate salt, but it helps. they sell it in the grocery store where the regular salt is.
577716
Diet, caffeine free, pepsi. Sure it's boring, but my beer days are over. Trying to cut down on the iced tea. By the way, do you notice how many people say ice tea and how many say iced tea?\nSeems about 50/50 to me. Might make a good question, your welcome to give it a try.
119745
If it's an bacterial infection - you may need to take 2 different antibiotics at the same time. If you're vomiting - maybe take an anti-emetic. But it sounds like you need to get to a hospital and they can tell you if you have an infection by doing a blood test. Make sure your course of antibiotics is long enough too. Check the strength of the antibiotics - if they are 250Mg - maybe you need 500mg. Don't drink alcohol with the antibiotics. If you have to pay for medical treatment and don't have full insurance cover go to a charity funded hospital for help. You haven't given enough info for a better answer - but go to a better doctor!
572535
If you have a sinus infection, antibiotics. Otherwise, mint tea, spicy foods, sleep on your side, carbonated water.
485575
You can exercise all you want, have fun at it! Just don't drink any alcohol while taking antibiotics.\n\nGood Luck.
658980
Call your doctor or a pharmacist. It could be dangerous please don't drink after taking that medicine untill you know for sure.
69161
Yes, it is healthy to drink 1.5 l water in the morning.\nkidney's would benefit on the contrary to getting damaged as they will process a relatively pure and dilute blood, which is otherwise more concentrated and impure because of other elements from food etc.\n\nI did try this method for around 6 months and got benefitted. I would also suggest you to use copper vessel to store water overnight that you drink in the morning.
483819
Depends.... My mom drank to much water and to make a long story short right now she can't walk.. The solution is to not only drink water, remember water flushes out yr body so make sure u r getting all the vitamins u need at the same time. don't over do it, 8 glasses of water a day is fine (8ounces per glass)
364328
I have not heard of a "water diet" specifically, but it only makes sense that if you're drinking 3 eight ounce glasses of water with each meal, you are most likely not to eat as much food. If you're eating less food, you'd lose weight. And it's certainly not a bad way to make sure you're getting plenty of water! :)
45617
If you're looking for a tea with the most anti-oxidents, try White tea. Origins sells silver tip white tea with a very nice tea cup and strainer. White tea does not have alot of flavor, so you can add rose buds, or petals (natural vit C), cinnamon to lower gloucose levels (no more than 1/2 tsp daily of this stuff though, or it can affect your kidneys), lavendar petals for relaxion, or vanilla. You can add fresh fruits as well, blueberries for even more anti-oxident benefits. You can also check oriental apocatheries for teas. Make sure they have a good turn over though as teas do go sour when old. Oh, great pic, btw
430922
drinking water after a meal can lead to heart attack? what??\n\nfrom what i know..myocardial infarction is caused mainly by smoking, high LDL, obesity, high blood pressure..\n\nbut never from drinking cold water..especially after a meal\n\nand it does not solidify the oily things you eat.  I don't believe cold or warm water solidifies oil because oil is hydrophobic to either warm or cold water/tea.  They wouldn't even mix..\n\neven having a beer after a meal won't do anything but intoxicate you
440674
Yes, you can drink/mix alcohol with antibiotics.  The only thing unadviseable is that you cannot mix the medication with milk or any type of antacid (ex. Tums, Rolaids, etc.).  These can all counteract the effects of the medication.  But alcohol will not.  It's just a practical and typical rule for all pharmacists to deter drinking while taking medications.  Especially if this is the first time you've ever had this one before.  Certain antibiotics, and I believe it is the Tetracycline, recommend for you to stay out of direct sunlight.  So, I would worry more about the sun than a glass of wine with dinner.  It won't hurt you.
351476
Cranberries are so good for urinary tract infections.  They have ingredients that incapsulate the bacteria so it cannot attach and multiply, and so that you can easily urinate the bacteria out.\n\nAny form will do - cranberry pills, cranberry juice (try and find something with as little sugar as possible), or just plain cranberries.\n\nUp your water intake so that you are peein like a mad man!  Once the pain goes away, continue with the cranberry/water regimen for a few more days.\n\nAnd please, look into some more flexible health insurance, I'd hate for you to get the flu or something and not be able to get a doctor's appointment. :(
394186
You go girl....you tell them... Actually 6 small meals a day is okay... dont starve yourself, thats even worse...drinking coffee is not bad for you and if it helps with the cravings go for it... good luck...\n\nif your worried about me giving this lady bad advice, please read my other answer. I do agree with the water... and it is a diuretic... but if its helping with her eating habits than it may just work for her... like she said its better than stuffing her face with cupcakes...\n\njust like smoking...nicorette isnt good for you, but if it helps cut the craving then its obviously doing something right. what may work for one person may not work for another...
36116
Like the doctors told me, caffein is very bad for the kidneys. Contrary to what the other writers have said, I've always been told there is less caffein in tea, so I don't know what to tell you. There is decaf tea as well as coffee, which do you prefer? They taste the same as regular. Watch your soda intake, loads of caffein... especially MountainDew!
162747
There are other strong medicines that you may need to take. Other antibiotics that belongs to a different classification. The best thing to do is to see ENT, have a culture throat swab culture(which is important) we never know maybe the strep and other bacteria have developed resistance already with the one you are taking now(penicillin) so it will not work anymore.\nAlso, have soft diet, so it wont cause must pain when you swallow. Yes, drink a lot of fluids. Salt water may just irritate your throat, better to stop it. Use betadine gargle or any oral antiseptic 3x daily.\nHope you feel better soon.