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I am due to take my 3rd shot tomorrow (1mg) I have been feeling a little blah and exhausted plus the dry throat symptoms hit me but I’m down 2kg in 2 weeks. Sure enough probably inflammation and water weight etc. I drink 3L water a day and eat my 3 meals a day probably not enough protein and fibre but I’m working on that! Any way I have read some horror stories about Reta and alcohol so I’m worried about drinking. I have a wine tour this Saturday and have become really anxious to drink. I want to be able to have fun with my friends and have a drink without worrying. Any advice?

I have recently been given penicillin for my sore throat, however today is meant to be injection day for my second week of reta (1mg a week) I’ve had no bad symptoms from it, decreased food noise and I was down 1kg in the first week (probably water weight I know) I just want to know if I can inject this afternoon whilst continuing my 10 day course of penicillin?

So I did my first 1mg of Reta last Thursday 07/05, no symptoms (except loss of appetite etc) everything was fine and then on Sunday afternoon I had a nap and woke up with an extremely dry throat, had some water etc and it was fine then slowly progressed into swollen and red and itchy, so Monday Tuesday and now Wednesday today (13/05) it’s still sore. Went to the drs and he took swabs and told me keep up with painkillers. I feel there are so many bugs going around atm so trying to convince myself it’s not the Reta. Or is this something anyone else has experienced?? It came on 3 days after first injection.