ok to have a drink?

[namsdeel7]

I finished treatment nearly 4 months ago and am going to a large birthday celebration,is it ok to have a glass of wine or liquor until I get my results of nrxt blood test in July to see if I will be SVR?

[22hamilton]

Speaking purely for myself I would pass on having a drink, but then again I am totally abstinent for a number of reasons. Even if I had reached a SVR and didnt have substance issues I would probably want to rest my liver for about 6mnths post treatment.
You dont really give any info about the current staging/inflamation levels of your liver so members will find it difficult to give informed and reasoned answers.

I guess I cant really advise, am sure someone else will come along though.
Good luck with your blood results !

[Trish77]

As 22hamilton said, it's hard to respond without knowing your exact stats.  From a general standpoint without knowing any information about you, I'd wait until you're at the six month post treatment point to find out where you are at.  Stick with the non-alcoholic stuff, you've come this far...stick it out another two months.

[Diane12855]

After going through the tx, not drinking at a party will be a walk in the park. I'm sure anybody there will understand.

Also, if you don't get SVR you will never know if this party didn't have something to do with it. That would be a drag.

[portann]

Nobody here  - or maybe anywhere - can tell you for sure but for your peace of mind, why don't you wait?

It's perfectly acceptable these days to have an alternate drink like ice water, etc.

Believe it or not, you can still have fun.

Susan  

[Trinity4]

At 4 months post tx a glass of wine or 1 mixed drink would have no bearing on whether you achieve SVR.  If you are a social drinker and don't have a problem with alcohol you should be fine.

Trinity

[Cory255]

It is important to never smoke, drink, or do drugs the rest of your life if you've got HCV.

It is imparative to completely astain from all alcohol especially during the recovery period after treatment.  

Don't ever be influenced by anyone have a drink, especially at the fourth month post tx date.  Don't do anything that could potentially trigger a relapse, such as drinking or doing drugs.  

[Trinity4]

Could you please provide documentation that supports a glass of wine or 1 mixed drink will trigger relapse 4 months post tx.

The interferon is no longer in the body and the ribivirin levels are almost gone so by 4 months post so I would like to know what you are basing "potentially trigger a relapse" on.

Trinity

[spectda]

Hell - I'd be so grateful if I clear this virus, I don't think the first thing on my mind will be having a drink. I think if I attain svr, I will be high as a kite from relief. It's not that I think about hep c all the time, but it always somewhere lurking in your psyche. I just think about living a healthy life and having my liver regenerate from treating myself well. I don't know if you have any liver damage or not, so of course that plays a big part in your decision. I would certainly take the advice of not drinking until you are sure you are svr though.
Very best to you, and I hope you remain SVR!  

[Cory255]

Can you please provide documentation showing it is okay to drink when someone has Hepatitis C or is in the delecate recovering period after treatment.

[Rockerforlife]

I am not pushing having a beer ,but i waited 6 months post TX before i had a few beers.I still have a couple on Friday nite.Ill also have a brewski or two when i go to rock show.
My doc says its ok

[Trinity4]

I asked you first and I will provide an opposing viewpoint as well as documention if you can back up what you stated.

[GreatBird]

I was told by the trial nurse at Cedars LA, that according to their hepatology chief, having a glass of wine or a beer here and there after completing tx would not hurt me in any way. I did SVR. I am a real lightweight and drink very little, but I live in wine country and enjoy going wine tasting and have been doing that. (BTW--Going into tx my liver was F1.)

[Rockerforlife]

My doc say there is no way having a beer or a drink will make the virus return,not sure how he got this info.I was stage 2 so i can afford a drink i think,if i was a stage 3-4...i would wait a lot longer before i had a drink,id proberly want to a another BX too see if i went back a few stages

[FlGuy]

Please explain why it would be different if it was six months and one day versus five months and twenty-nine days.

[nygirl7]

"Also, if you don't get SVR you will never know if this party didn't have something to do with it. That would be a drag -
Can you please provide documentation showing it is okay to drink when someone has Hepatitis C or is in the delecate recovering period after treatment."

Having one drink is not going to determine when you 'lose' SVR or not. AT least if it does there is nothing that I've read in the past almost six years on here to support this ideal and have never seen not one person say that is why they relapsed.  It's just not feasible. Considering you'd be off the IFN for that long if you were going to relapse more likely your bodies immune system has failed - not alcohol I can't imagine what the logic that one beer could cause this situation could possibly be?

While of course it is better not to drink until you are sure all the virus is gone and you will not be damaging your liver greatly - honestly I've always been on the anti-drinking standpoint but one beer or glass of wine is not going to matter either way.  If you can't wait till month six just make sure you keep it something light - it won't damage your chances of SVR (but boy you might think it did if your results come back positive).

[Rockerforlife]

Driinknd before the 6 month post is not wise,even it dont trigger a relapse its stiil not safe,why?...because you may have relapsed at the 4 month post "naturally",and drinking will add fire to the flame...make sense?

[Trinity4]

Very stupid to say it will trigger relapse as well.  The durability of SVR has been studied and the facts are alcohol DOES NOT trigger relapse and if you have evidence to the contrary I would like to see it.  The OP's question was is it ok for have a glass of wine or 1 mixed drink prior to six month PCR and you now you have the guy relapsing if he does. That is simply not true. This is not about winning Corey, it's about facts as they are known today.

Trinity

[Rockerforlife]

(but boy you might think it did if your results come back positive).


YES..this would kill me emotionally

[Cory255]

"Please explain why it would be different if it was six months and one day versus five months and twenty-nine days."--

How many days does the fifth month have?  LOL.  I'm guessing the difference would be ONE, TWO, OR THREE DAYS depending on what month the fifths month post tx date is... lol

[Cory255]

Drinking after Hepatitis C treatment is not a good idea.........  Stop trying to make it look like it is................

[mj6000]

I am very interested in reading studies where alcohol was proven to be the cause of relapse. I know peoples opinions. Can anyone post a study?

[Diane12855]

Opinions are like a****, everybody has one. Just because your opinion is different from another person, that doesn't give you the right to put that person down or to try to force your beliefs onto them.

Lets try to remember why we are on here.... to help each other through the toughest thing we have ever faced in our life.

Be well.........

[nygirl7]

Sorry MJ but there are no studies that will prove that anyone who has A drink after treatment will relapse. We've been around this wheel for many many years and it is each to their own as to what they believe whether they do or not.

Personally if you don't have a great amount of liver damage a glass of wine here or there is not going to hurt you. Nobody is talking about being a full on alcoholic - just seriously once in a while isn't going to hurt anything.

There are thousands of alcohol threads in here and the person inquiring would be better off searching all of them rather than just keep rehashing it in here. There is always the resultant fight.

[Trinity4]

This is rather childish Cory because I don't even drink so I'm not defending any concept.
I'm defending the facts which you don't seem to have a good grasp of.

Namdeel, I repeat, if you do not have extensive liver damage and have not abused alcohol in the past than 1 drink will not hurt you.

Trinity