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Can you drink alcohol on chemotherapy?

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I have had courses of paclotaxel and am now on eribulin.  If I drink small amounts of beer or wine in the evening, I wake up feeling rough.  Last weekend I had a pint and a half of good beer and woke at 5am with a migraine that lasted twelve hours.  Is this experienced by others?

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    Ask your lead nurse or Oncologist as different chemo will have different guidance.

    Mine said I could in moderation but the chemo I was on messed up my taste buds and even fine wine and good whisky tasted revolting! G&T was OK and I once pigged out on vodka and red bull at a gig. My hangovers were amplified though, so I avoided most alcohol while on chemo.

     

    Thankfully my taste buds recovered within a fortnight of me stopping chemo! 

    Cheers!

    Dave

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    Ask your lead nurse or Oncologist as different chemo will have different guidance.

    Mine said I could in moderation but the chemo I was on messed up my taste buds and even fine wine and good whisky tasted revolting! G&T was OK and I once pigged out on vodka and red bull at a gig. My hangovers were amplified though, so I avoided most alcohol while on chemo.

     

    Thankfully my taste buds recovered within a fortnight of me stopping chemo! 

    Cheers!

    Dave

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