Need HELP, antibiotics and shrooms???

ok so i have been through two major surgeries in the past three months, and the second surery was not planned, but instead was necessary due to perpetual infection following my first surgery. They went in and took all the metal out because they think I am allergic to the surgical titanium. Anyway I just had the second surgery on the 27th of february. I have been on an antibiotic called LEVAQUIN for 1 week and i have 2 more weeks to go...perhaps more depending on how I heal.

Now my question is serious guys, so please answer only if you have legitimate knowledge. I know alcohol and antibiotics dont mix well...and I am the type tht would probably drink if I was taking antibiotics for strep or something, but I have to heal because if I don't there are some serious consequences. It is now my spring break and I am not going to drink at ALL...but there are several concerts coming up including Infected Mushroom and Ott and I am going to go no matter what, but I have a friend who is willing to give me shrooms for free for both nights...so does psilocybin have any affect on antibiotics, specifically LEVAQUIN???

I have done some googling, but i am a humanities person and I understand nothing about chemistry so here are some links that MIGHT help some of you more science minded people draw a good conclusion

levofloxacin - A broad-spectrum, third-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic and optically active L-isomer of ofloxacin with antibacterial activity. Levofloxacin diffuses through the bacterial cell wall and acts by inhibiting DNA gyrase (bacterial topoisomerase II), an enzyme required for DNA replication, RNA transcription, and repair of bacterial DNA. Inhibition of DNA gyrase activity leads to blockage of bacterial cell growth.

http://www.shroomery.org/6227/The-Metabolic-Pathway-of-Psilocybin-Production

if you guys need more let me know I will search for more information about levaquin...

i know this is asking a lot but to all my fellow trippers, forumers, and lover of music, drugs, and dancing PLEASE help a sister out!!!

 

this is purely hypothetical here, because i am not a pharmacologist, but mushrooms shouldnt cause any kind of dangerous interaction with your medication. HOWEVER i would strongly discourage you from taking mushrooms in this situation. i think it's a pretty foolhardy idea.

you are still healing both mentally/spiritually and physically, if not from the surgical wounds than at least from infection. i see several problems with this.

a) you've very likely been under a lot of stress lately, and the mushrooms may bring this to the front of your mind. this normally could be potentially very cathartic, allowing you to work through any issues you may have (if handled properly) however since you're talking about taking them at a noisy, crowded show of some sort, i would say this could only be a bad thing

b) mushrooms carry a potential for causing a minor purge. while this is also potentially a cathartic element of psychedelics, it is a bad idea to do anything which may provoke vomiting or any other kind of g/i upset. most antibiotics do not sit well in the stomach to begin with, and then mushrooms do not either. you do not want to be getting ill an potentially losing some of the prescribed medicine

c) since you are recovering from surgery, i'm sure you've got some internal healing of some sort (any soreness or tenderness anywhere? any kind of stitches remaining or anything?) and while mushrooms don't keep you from feeling pain, they can cause some serious differences in perception of your physical self, and the more alien mental functions of a person under the influence of psychedelics may make it difficult at times to recognize what the feeling is, or if something is wrong. further, one might be inadvertently led to believe that something is wrong which isnt, and freak out a little. if you have any kind of soreness anywhere, any stitches remaining, anything like that, then an evening of tripping and dancing at a big party or concert or something is not a good idea at all.

i would be more prone to saying it's probably okay if you were to do it at home with a friend you're comfortable with, but then there would still be the issue of potentially getting sick and losing some quantity of your antibiotics.

i suggest just sticking to smoking a joint or two.


and you may know this, but remember that your body is host to a large number of symbiotic, beneficial microorganisms seperate from yourself - not just organisms which cause illness. when your antibiotic treatments are done, the symbiotes will be dead, too. some of the more important ones dwell in the G/I tract, and help with digestion and keeping you regular and such. after you're done with the medicine, i recommend eating yogurt or better yet drinking kefir a little bit more frequently than normal. these foods are made from dairy and contain live cultures of many of the beneficial creatures that help keep you healthy. kefir is more rich in the symbiotic microorganisms, so i suggest getting a bottle or two if you can find it

 

thank you for all your thoughts nesta i really appreciate it!

so, in terms of stress...I haven't been under much except i do have this fear that my face may never be symmetrical again...which i can see has a lot of potential to fuck with someone on mushrooms

knock on wood, i have yet to throw up on mushrooms granted I have only done mushrooms 5 times and have been nauseous on two of the trips, but you are right...about that being bad for the antibiotics

im not as sore as i have been the past two months...just randomly sore after smiling too much, which is all the time when i am with my friends. I am rarely not smiling. Other than that not much is sore. I do have a mouth full ot stiches. Now I tripped on some phenomenal cid about a month ago. I didnt think about any of it once, until i forced myself to focus on how i was numb. It was such a strange feeling while tripping to feel half my chin and lip but not the other half...nothing bad though. (however i am much more familiar with lucy)

now like i just said i've done lucy countless times i've eaten as many as 15 hits at once, but again my familiarity with shrooms is not anything that compares to that. on three trips its been kind of scary because they sent me way into my head. None of the trips were bad, because I am very capable of getting myself out of thought proceses that have the potential to lead to a bad trip. (i do like scaring myself on trips tho...so i am strange in that sense...i would hate to be all out freightened tho). On the other two they were not in my head at all, in fact they were straight up visual and i was in a different world of color that took over my reality. but no negative thoughts at all, in fact the only thing i could think about was all the beauty that was around me and in others.

since i know this guy i am going to ask him tomorrow what kind of a trip they are, because if they aren't heady that will be a lot more comforting to me.

i feel like the music by infected mushroom would be quite comforting also i wouldn't eat an enormous dosage so i could handle myself better.

i am leaning towards not tripping unless they aren't heady...idk but get at me if what i said inspires more thoughts on your part

lastly, i have been eating lots of yogurt for that purpose...i have been on antibiotics for pretty much 3 months consistently and my body isn't happy about it.

thank you so much nesta!!!

 

in the end i've decided i think i will stay away from the shrooms. music is my favorite drug anyway; it's been with me every day of my life (at least in the past 10 years). I've been to several shows recently sober as can be (again due to surgery) and was still able to rage/rave it harder than most people there, not trying to brag but I'm proud i can go to a show and dance my ass while sober, allowing the music to take over my body.

just curious, what about lucy? just in terms of antibiotics? all other things i know i would be ok with (knock on wood, but this girl knows lucy) nesta/everyone else, what do you think about that?

 

Good choice to stay away, and I wish I knew more.

It may be best to just abstain a bit longer so there are no risks involved.

You can dance and have a good time without drugs.

 

If you want euphoria at your concert look no further than that bottle of Levaquin. If you have no intense need to keep your liver in perfect shape, which apprently you don't because you drink, then just pop 2 or 3 of those Levaquin. Everything will get better :cheers2:

 

unfortunately levaquin is an ANTIBITOIC, hence the name of the thread...i have a ton of bull shit pain meds (and when i say bull shit, i mean bull shit) ill use those to help me sleep...

anyway i get to see one of my favorite bands next week two days in a row, so ill just stay sober till then and lose my head for two days straight im hoping to hippi flip one night, and trip lucy another...should be fuckn stellar if i can get my hands on all that!