Alcohol and Prednisone.
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Is it okay to have a few drinks on New Years and not jeopardize my health anymore then it already is due to the high dose of prednisone I am on? I have not had a drop of Alcohol for four months now and I was just curious if a few drinks would be stupid or not. Thanks to anyone who wants to advise.
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RickF
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I've not stopped drinking while on Pred. I was on 20 mg almost 20 months ago and had a few drinks per week without any problem... currently on 7mg and still have a drink almost every day.
Drive carefully though on New Years eve. As I always refer to it, it' \"amateur night\". :lol:
Snaggler
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EileenH
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However - as Mason noted over on the other UK forum, if you haven't had a drink for a while it may go for the knees rather faster than it used to! He had a glass of wine at a Christmas party and found himself rather wobbly and asked if anyone else had had a similar experience. I used to give up alcohol for Lent, a mere 6 and a bit weeks, and always found it took a while to get used to a drink again. So if you've been on the wagon for 4 months - be careful!
Happy New Year!
Eileen
RD_Swede
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it must be you who posted as Flame on arthritis.ca and I gave you the address to this forum. Unfortunately, the Canadian forum is more or less dead.
While I was on pred, I continued to drink as before and on the Canadian forum, we had a nice chat about Canadian and New Zeeland wines some years ago. I couldn´t find any negative points about using alcohol. On my trip to the US that I mention in \"My story\", my wife and I really followed the \"Sideways Trail\" for some days - the movie Sideways had been popular then. This was while I was on 20 mg/day and only two weeks after I started.
Like Eileen, I think you should be careful at first as you haven´t had alcohol for some time.
Happy New Year to all!
Ragnar
Snaggler
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I had two beer last night and instead of feeling anything normal, all it did was get rid of the horrible neck pain and pain in my head.
Alcohol is a good pain killer. :lol:
EileenH
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Happy New Year!
Eileen