3:00pm

[mama bear]

3:00pm

i take mine at night cause it makes me drowsy. Good job k9 (and everyone else)

[sunshine_gg]

3:00pm

Thank you for the reminder.. need to take mine. Overslept something fierce this morning and jumbled up my whole carefully planned (not) day! LOL

[K9Lover]

3:00pm

Day 7 since slip.
Took 2 Antabuse pills. Tomorrow will go down to 1 per day.
Feels good to be getting out of the "fog" I was in!

[rebirth]

3:00pm

Hey K9,
Only just found your posts. You are doing great! At least you are picking yourself back up and trying. Thats what counts. At least you have alot of sober days behind you. xx

[mylife]

3:00pm

Hi Guys, I have to say you are selling me on Antabuse! If I don't make it on my own this time I'm getting it. I love that there is no option to drink (without major trauma) once you take it -- so it's off your mind! And doesn't it take several days to get out of your system? You can't just not take the pill one day and drink, right?

[sunshine_gg]

3:00pm

Yep, Mylife.. it can take as long as 10-12 days for the Antabuse to leave your system (from what I've read)... so one day on/one day off doesn't work with this.

Which is exactly why I'm taking it.

[mylife]

3:00pm

Thanks Sunshine. I have an appt Dec 9. I think I will ask for a perscription even if I've stayed sober. It would be nice to have something like that in my back pocket if I start feeling weak -- which happens daily, but you know what I mean!

[hillsidetime]

3:00pm

K9, good job on the 7 days. Keep adding them up.
Hill

[Choochie]

3:00pm

K9 - :goodjob: Glad to hear that you're back on track.

Choochie:l

[sunshine_gg]

3:00pm

Day 6 on Antabuse... not feeling any side effects, except.... SOBRIETY!

So happy for you, K9 - let's keep this up!

[Choochie]

3:00pm

Sun thanks for posting - I know others who are interested in knowing of any SEs in case they want to try Antabuse. Glad to hear that it's working for you!

[fluff]

3:00pm

I am interested in trying antabuse- did anyone get theirs online? Is that safe? Are there any side effects? And when do you start taking it-I guess after a few days of being sober?

[K9Lover]

3:00pm

I'll answer as many Antabuse questions as I can.

The recommended time for starting Antabuse is at least 12 hours after your last drink. I always waited at least 18 just to "be sure".

I don't have any side effects, except for a little tiredness, but that goes away after about 7 days. I take 2x 250mg for the first 7 days, then 1x 250mg every day after.

I haven't had ANY side effects with mouthwash, perfume, soaps, hand sanitizer, etc...NONE! At first I was very scared of using any of these, but they are fine!

I drank one time before the Antabuse was completely out of my system and I had extreme heart racing, flushing and redness of the skin and a horrible headache. That was almost a week after my last pill. I can't imagine what it would be like to drink with the AB really in your system. So please, please, please commit to being AF if you are going to take Antabuse. It really does work, and I am so thankful for it...I owe my sobriety to it.

[fluff]

3:00pm

Thanks k-9, also-did you purchase yours online or did you go to your doctor?

[sunshine_gg]

3:00pm

Hey Fluff... I ordered mine online.. under the trade name "Chronol".

Same as K9 - No obvious side effects. My energy level is pretty low right now but I'm at least in part attributing that to surgery last week. If the tiredness IS a side effect, it should subside early next week - will let you know