anyone know the side effects of smoking weed while on antibiotics?
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i dont think there are any issues there unless you are allergic
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Short-term effects of using marijuana include:\n\n• Sleepiness \n• Difficulty keeping track of time, impaired or reduced short-term memory \n• Reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination, such as driving a car \n• Increased heart rate \n• Potential cardiac dangers for those with preexisting heart disease \n• Bloodshot eyes \n• Dry mouth and throat \n• Decreased social inhibitions \n• Paranoia, hallucinations \n• Impaired or reduced short-term memory \n• Impaired or reduced comprehension \n• Altered motivation and cognition, making the acquisition of new information difficult \n• Paranoia \n• Psychological dependence \n• Impairments in learning, memory, perception, and judgment - difficulty speaking, listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving, and forming concepts \n• Intense anxiety or panic attacks\n\n Long-term effects of using marijuana include:\n• Enhanced cancer risk \n• Decrease in testosterone levels and lower sperm counts for men \n• Increase in testosterone levels for women and increased risk of infertility \n• Diminished or extinguished sexual pleasure \n• Psychological dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same effect
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first of all you'll probably void any effect the antibiotic had...also watch out for liver damage
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It may not just be anxiety., that could be just a symptom of a larger problem...But one of the side effects of weed is to make you anxious. If it is related to a chemical imbalance, the weed may have helped level it off for a while, but self medicating doesn't mean we are treating the issue correctly. They only way to figure that out is to see a doctor. Don't be afraid to tell a doctor about ANY drug use. they can not divulge any treatment to law enforcement unless there is abuse involved. Example, if you told the Dr. that a drug led you to hurt a child, spouse, or elderly person, they are then obligated to report the abuse. But You can feel confident that you are getting the best treatment possible if you inform the doctor of all the issues you are facing.
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it's not dangerous but can be a sign of bronchitis, an upper respiratory infection, or a result of heavy smoking. If you smoke try to cut back and it won't be so bad. If your sick take chest congestion medication and it will relent within a few days.
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Every kind of smoking is dangerous, even second hand or directly inhaling it. If you haven't asked to stop I would try and ask her to stop smoking. To much smoking can cause Bronchitis, bronchitis is a condition, (if you don't already know), when her bronchial tubes(which bring air to the lungs) are inflamed. Severe bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, which is a sharp increase in the amount of fluid in the lungs. If pneumonia isn't treated it can be fatal. If she doesn't listen to you I would try and call a doctor to try and help her stop smoking. I'll pray for you to.\n\n, Good luck, and God bless.
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haha, i think weeds better than booze, worst thing yo do stoned is want to eat the wallpaper... just kidding... some pot is far mor potent than other, but basicly you fell mellow, almost like before you goto sleep at night, or like when youve had your 3rd beer... just mellow.. till you get the munchies....oh NEVER go shopping when stoned!!  im sooo serious
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Maybe I am having really bad side effects from being high.........lol
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1) They can decrease your liver and kidney function over prolonged periods of use\n2) As susceptible bacteria are killed off & the resistant ones survive, the resistant strains will divide & multiply. Hence the population of resistant bacteria will increase. (the chance of this is greatly increased by not completing a course of antibiotics & by adding low doses to animal feed as growth promotants)\n3) World-wide overuse of many antibiotics can and has led to increased multi-resistant strains which are hard to treat (eg. MRSA & VRE)\n4) Ultimately can lead to treatment failure (ie. no more antibiotics left to use that will treat some infections)
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I am bipolar. I quit taking my effexor xr and other meds some time ago. Marijuana does have it's medicinal value, but with long term use, you will have other side effects. As for me, I haven't smoked for a while now, but if i didn't have a job like the one I do now, i would smoke. There hasn't been any prescribed medicine out there that didn't calm me and let me focus. But, That was with taking 1-2 drags of pot. Not smoking a quarter ounce in a day. Smoking that much is what the dr's are talking about when they tell you the serious side effect. Smoke too much, end up dumb. As with any drug, use responsibly. But...Pot is illegal. (boooo)
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There are several issues to the effects of canabis smoking as with the taking of any drug, and as with any drug, there are it's one dangers.\n\nCanabis contains more tar than tobacco, so there is a chance that it can lead to breathing problems if it is smoked in quantity over an extened period of time.\n\nHow you smoke it is a factor on how dangerous it is - if you smoke it in a joint with tobacco there is's a danger that you may become addicted to tobacco, esp if smoking joints is a regular thing.  If you smoke it through a pipe, or in a pure joint - see my comments above regarding the breathing problems.  If however you smoke it through a vaporiser only the THC (the active ingrediant) is evaporated and the rest of the bio mass (hash or bud) is left uneffected so the physical effects are minimised.\n\nAs well as the physical effects, recent research has showen that long term, heavy use can lead to mental disorders ranging from mild depression upwards - however this research is only at the initial findings stage and is ongoing (esp in europe where the governments are more willing to fund the research), but the results are mounting.\n\nI would sugest that you search a qualtiy peer reviewed scientific publication such as that given below for current reseach on all the potential dangers of canabis smoking. As well as the usual sources (google)\n\nThat said above in moderation (like alcohol - an even more dangerous drug IMHO) it can be fun and ejoyable, so long as you local laws are not too harsh.\n\nAt the end of the day I feel that this is not the place for asking such a complex question as the actual safty of canabis is still being reseached and the wealth of information through research is rather poor in regard to other substances.\n\nFrom an ethical point I see no harm in smoking canabis or the taking of any othe drug for that matter, just so long as the taker is in control of the substance and not the other way round and that no other person is adversly effected.
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Studies have shown that one "average" sized joint packs the same amount of toxins as an entire pack of cigarettes.  You can actually get lung disease faster (much faster) by smoking weed than by smoking cigarettes.\n\nWeed does actually cause lung cancer, asthma and emphysema as well as COPD.\n\nFor a rush, just stop smoking for a few days then do it again.  Whew!\n\nDo people honestly think pot is grown without the use of chemicals and pesticides???  DUH!  Unless you're paying absolute TOP DOLLAR, you're getting chemicals.  And if you are paying top dollar, all that resin is going in your lungs...or stomach.
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I don't understand why you should take antibiotics.\nWhat are exactly the symptoms that you are having and you think that you have a microbial infection of the upper respiratory tract and you have to combat it taking this category of medicines?\n\nCold symptoms can be treated otherwise and are the result from an immune response to the infection and the most important result is hyperemia and edema of the submucosa.\nAnd this has as a result a narrowing of the airways and production of symptoms.\nThe diagnosis of this infection is based upon a clinical presentation. That's why I am asking you to refer all the other symptoms. Don't forget that it could be of allergic provenience. In this case you need to take antihistaminic products or other modern antiallergic medicines.\nAn essential point that differentiates cough and therefore the treatment, is if you are producing mucus when you are coughing or not.\n\nIn any case, what the 1st answerer posted, is absolutely true and you can follow it or if you wish you can post here additional details so I can be more specific.\n\n*EDIT*\n\nThank you for the additional information - your condition is not caracterized as a common cold - so, you have already taken your tailor-made answer.\nLet me give some general information here for the YAHOO!Answers basis.\nYou complain(and maybe also others having the same condition) that you are taking a lot of antibiotics, according to your opinion. Let's consider some parameters in order to verify if this is true or not.\n\nWhat is the colour of the sputus? (sorry, that I become disgusting). If it is green, then yes, you need the antibiotics. If it is yellow or light yellow, you might not need them. \nTHIS POINT IS VERY IMPORTANT. CHECK IT OUT WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND CROSS THE INFORMATION WITH ANOTHER DOCTOR, AS WELL. \nWhy is he giving you antibiotics? Is it what is called chemoprophylaxis?\n\nOther tips that you can implement are the following:\n\n - Zn chloride for topical application can prevent the formation of viral capsid proteins and consequently, can inhibit the in vitro replication of rhinovirus.  This solution  can be used just for a short period of time, as it is not very well tolerated by everybody, for long periods of time. Your pharmacist should know how to prepare it, if not come back to me.\nThe classic medicine is using pseudoefedrine(Clarityne) as decongestant agent; if an alternative therapist will ever recommend you ephedra, take care not to use them together because they will interact and you will have as a result the potentiation of the effects and side effects.\n- Vitamin C in high dosage forms. Since 1970-71 that Linus Pauling(premium Nobel in medicine) has published his work, there was controversy as to the effectiveness of this approach to treat or prevent infections of the upper respiratory tract. According to the bibliography, the clinical significance of the administration of vitamin C can’t be estimated.\n- There are some nasal ointments, that can be applied in the front nasal vestibule area. For example Dr. Theis Alergol, that is composed of highly-refined long-chain hydrocarbons and it is supposed to reduce allergen levels in allergic rhinitis.This is a European brand name product, you can google it and find how is it called where you live or ask your pharmacist about.\nAs you know, there are biologic, genetic and environmental determinants in the onset of a disease. This pommade is active in the 3rd category.\n- There is also  a herb, called butterbur(Petasites spp.), used mainly in the treatment of migraines but there is clinical evidence that it has good results also in the treatment of allergies (included hayfever)and asthma. Pollen is a common problem among airborne allergies.\nIn case that this is not a common cold but it is an allergic condition, there is clinical evidence on the action of this herb. It has come to my attention a 2-week, double blind comparative clinical study with a standardized b
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Probably not. Here are just some of the things smoking will do to you:\n\nbaggy eyes\nyellow teeth\n\nIf you want more go to :
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I really am not sure, but I do know that when I was very ill a few years ago I had to have several surgeries, my ex gave me pot to smoke to help me through my recovery.  I may have smoked a small cigerette roll once a week so I was not really a pot smoker.  It did help me heal faster and that is the honest truth.  I did do research for you and found that heavy pot smokers there are indeed risks I will paste below for your reading\n\nOther negative results of smoking pot are that it…\n\nChanges the chemical balance in your brain, altering your mood, appetite, ability to concentrate, and energy levels. \nLowers testosterone levels in men and upsets the balance of hormones in women that control menstrual cycles. \nDecreases sperm count and increases sperm abnormalities. \nJeopardizes the eggs in women’s ovaries (remember, you are born with the total number of eggs you will have for your lifetime – they are irreplaceable!). \nThreatens your ability to learn and remember things, leading to forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating. \nCauses the same lung problems as cigarette smoking, including emphysema, cancer, frequent chest colds, coughing, and more phlegm production. \nLeads to anxiety problems, depression, and paranoia. \nIncreases risk for cancer of the throat, lungs, head, and neck. \nWhat are the immediate effects of smoking pot?\n\nRelaxation \nAltered sense of hearing, time, and vision \nEuphoria \nIncreased heart rate and appetite \nDilated pupils \nMemory impairment \nRed eyes and swollen eyelids \nDry eyes and mouth \nLoss of coordination, slower reaction time (never drive after smoking pot) \nImpaired judgment \nHow addictive is marijuana?\nThere has been conflicting research linking marijuana and addiction. Although pot has not shown signs of causing severe physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms, associated with drugs like cocaine and heroine, marijuana often causes psychological dependence. This means that the user experiences a psychological need for the drug and its effects in order to function on a daily basis. \n\nIf I quit marijuana, will I experience withdrawal symptoms?\nThe severity of withdrawal symptoms depends on the level of your habit, but if you smoke heavily, you are likely to experience psychological withdrawal, such as feeling sick. You may also experience chronic fatigue, headaches, mood changes, and feel depressed or anxious. Other withdrawal symptoms include nervousness, insomnia, loss of appetite, chills, and tremors. Impaired brain functioning can include short-term memory loss and inability to think abstractly. [top]
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I've never heard of such a reaction with antibiotics.  It doesn't even make sense for such a reaction to occur.  It's weird.
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Hi Tawnee S,\nSounds good to me (hamster & fish get high too) shouldn't have any effect except to be stoned-2 tokes for the road!! \nIgnore all the ones that say this is bad! Unless you smoke marijuana & know the difference.  If you are one of those few that believes everything the damn government says then you really don't have the clue.  And should read for your yourselves & get some knowledge while at it!  The effects of pot- on MS patients, glaucoma, Cancer patients, AIDS patients, radiation patients.  People that have other mind blowing sicknesses & medical problems will know the difference. Yes my doctor knows so for all those others GO READ & GET SOME KNOWLEGEMENT DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT SAYS!    Have a good day :0)