can a person with aids drink alchole while taking the aids coctail meds?
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From: http://alcoholism.about.com/library/blnaa57.htm?iam=metaresults&terms=hiv\n\n\nAlcohol and the Immune System \n\nAlcohol can impair normal immune responses that protect the body from disease (6,7,8). Chronic alcohol consumption has been shown to reduce the number of infection-fighting white blood cells in laboratory animals (9,10,11) and in humans (12,13). Chronic alcohol ingestion or alcohol dependence can depress antibody production and other immune responses in animals (10,9) and in humans (14,15). Alcohol can suppress activities of certain immune system cells, called macrophages, that help keep the lungs free from infection (16,17). In addition, alcoholics appear to be more susceptible to bacterial infections and cancer than are nonalcoholics (18,19). Studies in animals and in humans indicate that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can decrease immune resistance in the offspring (20,21,22). \n\nAlcohol's generally immunosuppressive effects could mean that 1) drinking may increase vulnerability to HIV infection among people exposed to the virus, and that 2) among people who are already HIV infected, alcohol-induced immunosuppression might add to HIV-induced immunosuppression, and speed the onset or exacerbate the pathology of AIDS-related illness. These are complex ideas and areas of intense investigation, but so far only a few studies have been published. Researchers have learned that alcohol can impair white blood cell responses to HIV (23). A provocative study that warrants replication found that a single drinking episode depressed certain immune responses of white blood cells taken from healthy volunteers (24). In addition, white blood cells isolated after this drinking episode were more susceptible to HIV infection than were cells isolated from subjects who did not drink, hinting that even occasional alcohol consumption may increase the likelihood of infection upon exposure to HIV. Whether alcohol use influences the progression of AIDS in persons already infected with HIV has bee n explored in a recent study of homosexual men (25). While these researchers found that neither alcohol nor other drugs seem to influence the progression of HIV infection or the development of AIDS, their results await confirmation. Clearly, more research is needed to understand alcohol's role in HIV infection and the course of ensuing disease. \n\nAlso see this site:\n\nhttp://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa57.htm
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Really you should never take ANY medication with alcohol. Real effects? Depends on the antibiotic. However there are SOME antibiotics that will make you really nauseous if taken with alcohol...REALLY, REALLY nauseous.
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That's what my doctor has always told me, but thanks to your question I just did a little research and it seems that is only true for certain medications, such as anti-fungals.\n\nHere is a reference from June of 2004:\n\nhttp://www.antibioticresistance.org.uk/ARFAQs.nsf/0/C2E63418D2370AED80256EBA004D9B3D?OpenDocument\nDespite a commonly held belief that antibiotics and alcohol don't mix, it is only necessary to avoid drinking alcohol when taking some types of antibiotics. These include metronidazole, cephamandole and oral ketoconazole. See the following recommendations from GP notebook for more details. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist when you are given your prescription.\n\nThe famous Dr. Andrew Weil has this to say:\n\nhttp://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA326593/\n\n Do Alcohol and Antibiotics Mix?\n\nDoes drinking while taking antibiotics lessen the effect of the medication?\n\nA widespread myth holds that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics, but in fact, drinking doesn't lessen the effects of the drugs. However, alcohol can lower your general energy and delay your recovery so it is best to minimize drinking until you've finished the prescribed course of antibiotic treatment. (Beyond that, chronic liver damage from excessive alcohol consumption can affect the metabolism and toxicity of antibiotics.)\n\nThere are other precautions you should take when on antibiotics. Antibiotics not only kill harmful bacteria that are making you sick, they also destroy the beneficial flora in your gut and can promote the development of resistant organisms in your body. To restore the helpful organisms, be sure to take supplemental acidophilus while you're on antibiotics. Acidophilus is the general name for dried or liquid cultures of the living lactobacillus bacteria that aid digestion. Always check the expiration date to help ensure that the acidophilus product you choose is still viable. Take one tablespoon of the liquid culture advertisement\n \nor one to two capsules after meals, unless the label directs otherwise. I recommend taking acidophilus to restore "friendly" cultures even when on antibiotics for just a few days. And I particularly recommend products containing lactobacillus GG, a strain proven to survive passage through the strong acid in the stomach. (Visit Culterelle for more information: http://www.culturelle.com/)
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Is alchol or drugs involved?  sounds like their might be.  If not she may have a medical problem that needs to be addressed.
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I'm not sure about the ingestion of semen as a way to get infected with the virus, however, I find it highly unlikely as HIV is such a fragile virus. I don't believe that the virus could withstand the attack from the gastric juices in the stomach. \n\nHowever, letting you partner ejaculate in you mouth is not a good idea as you may have cuts or scrapes that you don't know about. This is probably the most likely way that you would get the virus from oral sex. Always take precautions when you have sex with anyone, whether it's with a long term partner or with a one-night stand. The HIV virus can remained undetected for a long time in the body (up to six months) and this poses a risk because you can come up with false negative test results and engage in risky behavior. I cannot reiterate enough---ALWAYS use protection when having sex. \n\nBe safe!
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Not necessarily... See AIDS transmission does not necessarily happen though digestive tract.... \n\nIf the person who had the semen has a small gash in his/her mouth and or digestive tract there is a possibility of infection. Since the stomach is filled with acid it is not a good environement for most viruses.\n\nStill the best way to find out is to get tested and further testing withing after a 6 month waiting period.
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I think you could die from drinking any kind of medication if you drink enough of it. How much you would need to drink would depend on the actual ingredients and the strengths. But why would you want to do that?
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I would say a couple of drinks while taking cymbalta to be like a glass of wine at a wedding or a beer at happy hour - not one every nite or mutliple every day.  In that case it is OK in moderation.  Do be warned that alcohol may and / or will intesifiy the actions of the drug itself.  If you are worried about it, chat up your dr or have some liver enzymes run.
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My brother, who is an alcoholic, is no different from any other person when it comes to infectious diseases.  They take colds, flu, gout, and even pheumonia (for some types of infectious diseases) all the time.  That I am aware of, alcohol doesn't kill any kind of bacteria nor does if fight off any kind of viral infection any better than most other liquids.
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Although every doctor and medication label in the world of mental illness screams DON'T DO IT.. here's my experience..\nI am bipolar.. take seroquel and lamictal.. have finally been stable for a couple years after many trials with different medications.. \nI very rarely drink.. but have had 3 or 4 beers in the evening a few times.. maybe sitting out on the back deck to relax a little on the weekend or whatever.. nothing like before my diagnosis and drinking myself into a relative coma as an ill-mannered attempt at self-medicating this affliction.. \nI had no problems with it at all.. I never drank more than 4 beers.. and waited a couple extra hours before taking my meds at night.. long enough for the body to process the alcohol.. \nbe smart about it.. plan the dinner/drink early in the evening and take the meds as prescribed.\nOr postpone the meds until after the alcohol has been metabolized. \nIt is definitely not advisible to combine them. \nIf you have any doubts about how this would affect you .. use common sense and don't even try it. I am sure the warnings are there for a reason..
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Strictly speaking it's not allowed because you can't mix private and NHS treatment on the same patient.\nG.A.s are actually available on the NHS but it's difficult to find someone who'll do it.\nHave you considered vodka? Or tequila?
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There is no specific interaction between alcohol and amoxicillin. Of course, drinking heavily can make it hard to take any medication, or to keep down breakfast, for that matter. You may hear people say they got sick after heavy partying while on antibiotics, but usually this is not an interaction. \n\nThe antibiotic that CANNOT be taken with any alcohol (not a sniff, not even heavy alcohol based aftershave!) is metronidazole (Flagyl). It causes a nasty reaction with alcohol similar to the drug antabuse which is used to try and help alcoholics stay sober.
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Yes, they are still considered an alcholic becasue alcholism is a desease.  They can, and often do relaps, just like any other desease can spring back up.  It is wonderfull that this person has been "dry" or "sober" for such a long time, but I've seen people relapse back into drinking every night after 15 years.  It is something that this person will need to stay aware of, and control.
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As an adult, you know that mixing alcohol with any medications is ill-advised. Alcohol can potentiate some medications and the combination can produced bad effects. While I appreciate your discomfort, one needs to be patient. Most common viral infections last only about two weeks at the most, and many begin to loosen their grip in only a few days. Try warm baths both for the heat and also to induce relaxation. Warm drinks such as hot chocolate may help. Drink lots of fluids. Use drugs sparingly or only by your physician's advice. Many people overdose on pain medications and increase their headaches and discomfort. Avoid greasy food as with many illnesses, the oily foods tend to cause a general loss of appetite. Light foods such as ice cream, broths, jello and such are better tolerated. Also do as I do, enjoy your disease!  When you recover, you will learn how great good health is. Why are you beating your head against the wall? Because it feels so good when I stop!!!
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Very Very Unlikely.  You would have to cut the person with HIV and then immediately cut yourself with the same razor.  HIV can only live outside the human body for a few seconds to a minute so just make sure you clean things well and be careful.  You stand a bigger risk from hepatitis than HIV and even that is too remote a posibility to mention.
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You don't say what antibiotic you're on, the only one you can't drink alcohol with is metronidazole, this is because when someone is an alcoholic, they are giving medication to wean them off the alcohol, if they drink on this medication, it will make them feel as if they been binge drinking for 48 hours, and metronidazole contains the same stuff as this alcohol substitute does, it affects about 1 in 100 people in this way if you drink on metrondazole, any others are fine, drinking on any other antibiotics DOES NOT make them work as well, the alcohol doesn't affect them
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-if the AIDS person does not brush much, or their meds effect their gums, they could have soft gums and bleed into their toothbrush.\n-if you and said person did not rinse same toothbrush adequatly.\n-if toothpaste itself was not used by you.\nit's a lot of if's...\nprobably the same risk as french kissing someone with AIDS.\ni would not obsess over the possibility, but just to be 100% sure;\nthere is a cheap new Oral AIDS test called OraQuick from OraSure with a less than 1% false positive rate provided by most clinics/hospitals now.  contact one first to determine how long after possible exposure you should get tested.\nbut again, this is all Very Very Remotely possible.