Vaccination Jabs + Alcohol?

ShiverinEskimo

I'm gettin me jabs for Thailand and Cambodia tomorrow morning but had made plans to go the pub to watch the Liverpool derby and Man U v Spurs and then a night on the tear.

Am I right in saying that I shouldn't take alcohol after being jabbed with 4 or 5 vaccines? Would there be any danger of ruining the vaccine and therefore not being immunised?

Obviously going drinking isn't a do or die affair but just thought I'd ask...

Noelie

Ask when getting the jabs, you'll be told then.

ShiverinEskimo

Noelie wrote:

Ask when getting the jabs, you'll be told then.

Aye that was the plan alright but I was hoping someone on here would know for sure as I need to plan for tomorrow session today if you know what I mean.

abakan

I got my jabs and we were told not to drink alcohol - I got 7 jabs on the Friday and he told me not to drink all weekend.Dr Ekky in Drumcondra were i got then and he knows his stuff

ShiverinEskimo

Balls

Everyone seems to be going to Dr. Ekky. I've seen his name all over these travel forums.

Cool so. A week off work and confined to soft drinks. Life has a real good way of kicking you in the spuds sometimes.

muletide

Well this morning I had a Typhoid, Tick Born encyphilitis and a Yellow Fever jab and I am half way through a bottle of wine and feeling fine.

ShiverinEskimo

hmm - i think the idea of no drinkage isn't because it makes you feel unwell but because it negates the effect of the vaccine.

That may turn out to be one expensive bottle of wine...

But hey, I'm no doctor..

muletide

well I have spent about three of the last seven years working overseas, and in locations far from holiday resorts and the beaten track, so i think i know what works for me doctor. But thanks for your concern.

gary the great

I was told not to drink for 2 days, but I drank on the 2nd day, just had 3 or 4 pints and i was grand.

Id say your not ment to drink cos the side effects can be nasea, dizziness etc
How alcohol would effect the vaccine which is delieverd intramuscularly is beyond me and im sure if your not ment to drink as it destroys the vaccine the doctor would really emphasize the importance of not taking any alcohol.

But im not a doc.

ShiverinEskimo

I stand corrected and apologise muletide.

Had me jabs - they say the only reason you shouldn't drink is because it would put your immune system under pressure as it fights the vaccines and therefore would leave you more open to common colds/flu etc. Also apparently gives you an extra kick in your hangover.

I abstained anyways....

muletide

and I do have a bit of an extra hang over so I guess there might be a career in medicene for you after all. Enjoy the trip