If I were you I would not mix alcohol and the drugs, that could cause terrible side effects like

-vomitting
-lose of consiousness
-heart attack
-stumach pain

and many other problems, if I were you I would have virgin drinks(drinks without alcohol) it's great tasting and no bad side effects to worry about.

This is a serious disease that you have and just for one nights pleasure or to have fun or fit in is not worth your health love, dance, eat be merry but please don't drink

believe me the next day you will regret it even jsut one drink could be life or death

i went to my prom (while having lupus) and did not drink and I find it even more memorable since I can remember everything lol

anyway take it from me don't do it it's not worth it.


But let us know how it goes and have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi!
I've had this quesiton too and have found no reliable resources on the subject. But I can tell you of my personal experiences and that may give you an idea of the side effects alcohol can have when mixed with plaquenil alone.
I've been on plaquenil for a little over a year, and at first the effects of alcohol were unchanged. However, recently I have noticed that when I go out I have to be very careful how much I drink. Even if I feel fine (not sick or even drunk) in a few hours it hits me and I have been getting sick more frequently and having really bad hangovers. Because of this I have decided to be much more aware of how much alcohol I take in and set limitations on how much/often I drink.
I understand your concern and praise you for asking the question before just jumping in! My advice (since you are a novice at drinking and because of your medications) is to be very very careful!! Have one light drink if you want and wait a while, see how it sits...Do not push it! The last thing you want is to be sick at your prom!!! :)

good luck! Let us know how it goes!

Frankie

Its best not even to have one drink, not only because it will react with ur medications and cause more problems for u in the near or far future, for most people I know me anyways, if I have just one drink it will make me sick, not really hangover sick, but for weeks after I will be in more pain my heart, lungs joints will be more inflamed... Anyways it took me a long time to realize its sooooo not worth it :?

well, i dont know about the other girls here but i drink and smoke while being on cellcept, prednisone, inflamatories and pain meds.

i know im being irresponsible but im not about to quit living life, im just 25, studying, working and having a social life.

now, my advice is: drink if you want stop when you want and have fun!!! BUT BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!

XOXO

I might have a drink now and then. It doesn't do anything to me, and my doc said it's ok occasionally. The most I drink is probably one or two a month.

I have just been diagnosed with 'connective tissue disease, probably Lupus'. I have the official leaflet for Plaquenil, from the National Health Service (UK), and it states that you may drink alcohol when on antimalarials.
I only occasionally have a drink, I have to be careful because I take strong opiates for pain, I also have fibromyalgia.
But it's nice to know that the plaquenil would not interfere with my occasional drink. I think anyone who has these types of illness suffers much more with side effects i.e. hangovers anyway, so we soon learn that drinking the same amount as our friends/family maybe, is a really bad idea.

So I would say if you are just taking an anti-malarial then you may drink alcohol, but usually there are other meds or our illnesses that give us reasons to be very careful or abstain completely.

By the way many holidaymakers have to take drugs like plaquenil as an anti malarial, and many holidaymakers will be drinking... Just a thought...

Wat up? I take the same meds you do, and occasionally I have a drink now and then, but not often. And with you being young, "and" going to the prom, your'e gonna wanna get your drink on, and i'm sure that means more then one drink. I wouldn't advise it kid, you can enjoy yourself without drinking, it won't kill you, and it wont make u have less fun!

I stiill want to drink but the after effects/ hangover seem to last days. I become so fatigued and achy. Is anyone else like this?

I've been on all that crap! I drink at least two beers a night. I don't know if I'm getting better or worse. Hangovers hurt a lot more, but that could be my age also. My Dr. told me not to have more than two drinks a night. Some nights I drink a lot more than two. Lupus living with me not living with Lupus!

one of the first things my doctor told me when i was first diagnosed with lupus when i was 12 was that "every lupus patient is different, no two ppl have the same exact problems" which i also think applies for reaction with medications and mixing it with alcohol and smoking.

personally, id say go for it girl! im 19 years old and i spent most of my junior and senior year drinking and smoking, ive been takin prednisone, plaquinel, amitriptyline [i was also on cellcept for a few months but they discontinued it because i couldnt stop throwing it up] and some opiates like promethazine and valium since i was 12 years old every single day of my life and to be honest, i think all u really have to worry about when it comes to mixing alcohol with yer meds is the opiates.

i was just like you when i was your age maybe a few years younger because i was scared to drink on prednisone thinking it would end me up in the hospital that night but i tried it anyway and smoking i mostly do for the joint pain or if im just havin a shitty day.

the way i see it is enjoy life, have fun, do wut u want (especially because your going into college)and explore your limits but make sure you know them before u try gettin faded to the extreme and you should be fine. As well as when you get older and more sick to the point where you know yer gunna die atleast u knew that u did everything that you could to enjoy your life the way u wanted without letting your disease stop you.

I really think it depends on the patient, but for the love of god be CAREFUL. Test your limits means take it in SMALL DOSES!!! I am your age, and I had barely had a half a beer while on 25mg prednisone and plaquenil, and I could feel my stomach hurting, the same way it does when I drink a lot without eating any food. I'm not going beyond that until I'm off the prednisone.

The first few times that I drank on my meds was horrible!! It took my body a bit to adjust. Everyone is different. The one rule to remember, replenish your body...if you have a few drinks, drink a bottle of water or gatorade before bed...it helps with the fatigue the next day. Best of luck but don't stop living your life!

Hi

I have just been prescribed Plaquenil and it states in the information to "avoid alcohol". I know certain anti-malarial drugs do affect the liver so I am now really confused about whether it is OK or not. Has anyone asked a physician or a pharmacist? I will be doing so soon.

Look you're a teenager live and have fun now I did'nt drink at my prom but I also wasn't diagnosed with SLE then either. But, I am on cellcept, plaquenil, opiates, ibuprofen, iron, prednisone, norvasc and toprol xl and I have drank alcohol before the cellcept was added. There's something just not kosher with the cellcept and mixing of opiates I know it is a pretty traumatic effect alone. So to add alcohol I think you would ruin your prom night. If you want try having one drink beore prom night so that you will know how it is going to affect you. But I also hate having a upset stomach and vomiting, I've never been one for drinking and now I don't drink at all not even wine while I'm on cellcept. HELL, I CAN'T EVEN EAT PICKLES WHILE ON CELLCEPT WITHOUT PROJECTILE VOMITING. LOL