Entocort & Alcohol
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Golfingail
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Entocort & Alcohol
I just started Entocort (generic) 2 weeks ago. Does it interact with alcohol? I had a few cocktails yesterday evening and before I knew it, I was really past my limit. Any thoughts? Thanks.
As far as I am aware, there are no significant reasons why moderate amounts of alcohol cannot be used in conjunction with an oral corticosteroid treatment. For someone who has existing problems with ulcers or heartburn, the combination can make those symptoms worse, and extensive use of either alcohol or corticosteroids (and therefore especially the use of a combination) can lead to a potassium deficiency, but those are the only caveats that I'm aware of.
Note that if the drinks contained grapefruit juice, that can lead to a problem with many, many medications, because grapefruit (or it's juice) strongly enhances the effectiveness of many medications. I'm not aware that grapefruit juice makes alcohol more potent, but it might, for all I know, since it enhances the efficacy of so many substances.
For that reason, grapefruit juice should always be avoided when taking any medication.
Tex
Note that if the drinks contained grapefruit juice, that can lead to a problem with many, many medications, because grapefruit (or it's juice) strongly enhances the effectiveness of many medications. I'm not aware that grapefruit juice makes alcohol more potent, but it might, for all I know, since it enhances the efficacy of so many substances.
For that reason, grapefruit juice should always be avoided when taking any medication.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Golfingail
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Thanks that is good to know. The only other thing I can think of is dehydration. We have 90 degree temps and I played golf one day and then went to beach the next.. I was probably dehydrated and the alcohol made me more dehydrated. Thanks again!! P S. The nurse said I would see immediate results with the Endocort and could eat anything I want. However, I am still having a few issues and am taking Imodium if I am going to be out and about, ie. golf course. Is this normal?? Or whatever normal is....
Alcohol is one of the few things that can be absorbed in the stomach, so being dehydrated probably increased not only the speed at which you absorbed the alcohol, but also the total amount absorbed, because more of it was absorbed in your stomach (IOW, faster absorption resulted in more complete absorption). That's also why alcohol is more potent when ingested on an empty stomach.
Your nurse obviously has a much higher opinion of the effectiveness of budesonide than most of us here.
Very few of us are able to eat anything we want, while taking Entocort, though for most of us it will definitely help to mask the symptoms of most of the minor food sensitivities. Most of us have to at least avoid gluten, dairy, and soy (if we are sensitive to all of them), but Entocort will usually mask any other food issues. That said, it won't work for some of us unless we avoid virtually all of our food sensitivities.
Tex
Your nurse obviously has a much higher opinion of the effectiveness of budesonide than most of us here.
Very few of us are able to eat anything we want, while taking Entocort, though for most of us it will definitely help to mask the symptoms of most of the minor food sensitivities. Most of us have to at least avoid gluten, dairy, and soy (if we are sensitive to all of them), but Entocort will usually mask any other food issues. That said, it won't work for some of us unless we avoid virtually all of our food sensitivities.Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.