Old 10-06-2009, 06:20 PM
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puckettcg
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Is it possible to take antabuse and not get sick?

My AH is on Antabuse, but has been drinking NA Beers and it has absolutely no ill effect on him. NA beer has alcohol in it, and he had four on Saturday - why wouldn't he get sick? I've watched him take the pills and I've checked his mouth to make sure he swallowed. I've even placed the pills in his mouth.

This is actually a really big deal because if Antabuse isn't effecting him when drinks NA, what happens if he decides that they might not work at all? Well, I found that out today. Came home and, on a hunch, had him blow into the breathalyzer and he had not only been drinking - the real stuff not the NA - but he blew a .15!!!

I swear - I have watched him take the antabuse every day since Thursday. I checked the pills to make sure they were in fact Antabuse (the numbers/letters on the pills matched what was on the prescription). Could it be a bum batch or has he figured out some clever new way (that no one else seems to have figured out) to not be impacted by the stuff? WTF!!!
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