Having a drink 5 months after FMT?

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mchi
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Having a drink 5 months after FMT?

Postby mchi » Tue May 05, 2020 8:11 am

Hey! Does anyone know if having an alcoholic drink 5 months after FMT could cause me a relapse or something else? I haven’t had a drink for 8 months because of my c diff and would like to have one, but I’m just scared of having a relapse because of it or something else.

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Re: Having a drink 5 months after FMT?

Postby NS789 » Tue May 05, 2020 3:58 pm

I'm no expert but I can't imagine having a drink would cause a relapse. It's a good question though. My guess is the only thing it MIGHT cause is a little bit of bowel upset as alcohol generally isnt recommended for anyone who has had an irritable bowel in the past.
32 y/o female. Got C. diff in Feb. 2020. Prescribed Flagyl (10 days), then Flagyl again (4 days), then Vanco (10 days), then Dificid (10 days), then Dificid again (10 days), then a Vanco taper (5 wks), then a Dificid taper (2 mths) and finally recovered.

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Re: Having a drink 5 months after FMT?

Postby Ali-Mar » Tue May 05, 2020 5:23 pm

I am not an expert either, but I read online that hard liquor can kill the good bacterias in your gut. I don't think that is the case with beer or little wine. you can find some info online, if you google " affect of Alcohol and good bacteria"
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Male 54, contracted C-Diff on Feb 5, 2020, diagnosed on March 2nd, Took Flagyl for 8 days, Vanco for 10 days, relapsed 5 weeks post-Vanco. finished Dificid Taper on June 20 relapsed two weeks later, had the FMT on July 14th, 2020

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Re: Having a drink 5 months after FMT?

Postby roy » Tue May 05, 2020 5:37 pm

Probably ok in moderation but a wise person once told me "nobody gets sick from NOT drinking and nobody wakes up in the morning wishing they had a hangover!'

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Re: Having a drink 5 months after FMT?

Postby mchi » Tue May 05, 2020 11:33 pm

That’s true. I don’t have a necessity to drink, so why would I drink at all. I haven’t had a drink in 7-8 months due to this crap, but the further I go the more I realise it’s actually pointless to even have one even though I have been out the woods for many months right now.


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