Son is an alcoholic and taking antabuse.?

30/07/2010 admin 2 comments

My grown son is an alcoholic, his Dr. finally put him on antabuse. He was doing great BUT he found away around the antabuse. Yes he takes it every morning BUT through the Internet he found “helpful hints” on how to not get sick while drinking and taking the meds. I’m so angry at him and I’m just about at then end of my rope. I’m so afraid that this game he’s playing with the antabuse will cause him to have a heart attack or much worse. I guess I just need some advice.
Thanks

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Written by Ellen about 1 month ago.

I have been in recovery for over 15 years and can tell you that there is nothing that you can do to help your son. Please find a local group of Al-anon and help yourself.
Written by ihovyg about 1 month ago.

This medication produces immediate and severe negative reaction to alcohol intake. Some 5-10 minutes after alcohol intake, the patient may experience the effects of a severe hangover for a period of 30 minutes up to several hours. Symptoms include flushing of the skin, accelerated heart rate, shortness of breath, nausea, and vomiting.

There is no tolerance to atabuse, the longer it is taken, the stronger its effects which leads me to believe, your son is not taking the medication.

I understand how difficult this most be for you, but the truth with alcoholics is that only until he makes the commitment to quit and admits he has a drinking problem it will be very hard to help him.

Something else you need to keep in mind is that while on this medication, all aged and fermented products need to be avoided, severe side effects may occur.

Good luck and I hope he gets better soon.

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