anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

Yeh, I know the basics about why it is bad to drink and take over the counter drugs etc. but honestly taking cold/flu meds and having some rum and coke definitely doesnt feel like a bad thing to me. While I realize it doesn't help to be dehydrated more, I was just curious if anyone else likes to booze it up when they aren't feeling well.

Also before I went to the Amazon it was recommended to keep a high BAC (blood alcohol content) if you didn't have malaria meds. Luckily I had both :)

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

i do
when i have a cold
vodka and oj

i also use whiskey as a general pain killer

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

Sounds like a good excuse to me. Does your wife buy it?? :)


PS: Actually haven't had a HAC for many years.

Lee

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

As for me I am not married I have to crawl my sick but out of bed to the liquor store and purchase my own. I have considered coughing all over the expensive champagne:barf: so the stuck up yuppies can get a good taste:D

The Vodka and OJ sounds like a good breakfast alternative though.

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

I drink no matter if i am healthy or sick. :D
When i have a flu, i just drink a few beers and i forget about it..:) then suddenly i start feeling better and the flu goes.
I have the theory that alcohol is just bad for microorganism causing the flu.
Also, here in Paraguay the tradition is, when the winter starts, to drink a mix between liquor, lemon and a plant called "ruda", to avoid flu or other winter sicknesses.:cool:

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

I generally go for whiskey or rum over ice when I am sick. I sleep well and wake up feeling about the same as if I had taked thera flu or nyquil.

I hate taking cold medicine or other drugs. About the only thing I will take is advil.

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick (or well)?
 

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I received this in an email the other day.



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Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

Hi John, I wasn't aware you needed a degree in chemistry to get that job done. Take care, BOBB

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

I do!

I had that same theory for awhile, but after about six months of research (and I dont mean trying to get sick and then drink, I'm talking about real studies here) it was found that the amount of alcohol you would need to drink to kill any virus or bateria would actually kill you of alcohol poisoning long before it would be in enough concentration to do away with enough organism to make you healthy again.

But drinking does have a nice therapuetic affect :D

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

I drink boxed wine. Therefore i AM sick.:barf:


Ron.

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I'm not a drinker but on those rare occasions when I have a head cold I hit the nighttime-forumla Nyquil bottle hard, and I don't mean with that silly little dosage cup. What proof is that stuff, anyway?

dcb

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Mostly I just get sick after drinking. :barf:

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We have a medicine over here (UK) known as Beechams Powders. When you feel you have a cold etc., take one and hey presto, you get the benefit of a pain killer plus some additive that makes you sweat.
So, I go to our chemists and ask for a pack. The actual 'chemist' hears and asks who are they for? Me, I reply. You can't have those, you are on ulcer tablets, he replies. How long have you been taking those? 20 years, I reply, they save me putting the heating on, and I take 4 a day usually - thats what's probably given you the ulcer, he says...
So there you go, I stopped, or at least restricted, taking them unless I had a cold, and as he intimated, my ulcer pain went away.
To err on the safe side though, I still thoroughly soak my teeth with whisky each night, several times. Only one tooth filling in 20 odd years! Obviously it works, and the guy from Bargain Booze never questions my order.... unlike the damn chemist.
Just got to convince my doctor that the tobacconist and the local Indian restaurant have my best interests at heart too!
Bet you are all bored fast asleep by now... Sorry.

Re: anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?
 

Not me Steve.

These are very interesting theories. :D

These Beechams Powders don't affect the lining of your nose, or anything?

Joe

:rolleyes: