[ELEANOR190548]

Is it possible to drink alcahol at all when taking anti booze tablets

[tickle]

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DRINK ALCAHOL AT ALL WHEN TAKING ANTI BOOZE TABLETS

What do you really think about this question ? Why would the person taking the anti booze pill want to drink? Drinking while on this med makes one violently ill, and there is potential health risks to drinking while on anti booze pills.

Did someone not read the information that came with meds. Usually the person has to sign a waiver stating that they understand the damaging side effects of drinking while on this med.

Tick

[ELEANOR190548]

This person wants to socially drink at weekends, only drinking two or three drinks

They have been on the anti booze for 7 months now

[J_9]

THIS PERSON WANTS TO SOCIALLY DRINK AT WEEKENDS, ONLY DRINKING TWO OR THREE DRINKS

THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE ANTI BOOZE FOR 7 MONTHS NOW

Please turn your caps off when typing. In cyber culture it comes across as shouting.

Now, taking Antibuse and socially drinking is confusing.

If one is an alcoholic and wishes to stop drinking by taking Antibuse, why would one want to drink socially?

In short, the answer is an emphatic NO. The person on the medication also has to be careful of things that contain alcohol such as mouthwash, certain deodorants, perfumes/colognes. One can become violently ill if any alcohol is ingested via the skin or drinking alone.

[DrBill100]

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DRINK ALCAHOL AT ALL WHEN TAKING ANTI BOOZE TABLETS

I need clarification from you. There are several current treatments that might fit your description.

Antabuse (disulfiram), as J_9 and Tick, have described is the best known and sounds like it fits your question. As noted, it causes extreme responses when alcohol is consumed while taking this medication.

However, there are now medications that may quite literally be termed anti-abuse: Naltrexone, Acamprosate, Nalfemene (opioid antagonists) all work to reduce the desire for alcohol.

These latter medications are used in the newer treatment paradigm of problem reduction. Sometimes, though not necessarily, with the goal of total abstinence.

Naltrexone, for instance, has been found to be most effective if taken while drinking (See Sinclair Method).

Yours is the third or fourth inquiry I have seen using the term(s) "anti-abuse" or "anti-booze" and I too have responded in terms of antabuse but the response is very different in relation to the crave reduction medications and the treatment setting and objective.

Please clarify, and if possible, provide the brand name of the tablet.

Thanks.