Alcohol dangerous for gastric bypass patients
While gastric bypass surgery is a blessing to those morbidly obese and is their only hope for massive weight loss so that they can live, it is also one of the riskiest medical procedures, particularly for older patients and the effect on the brain. Increasingly though, this procedure is considered a medical procedure – no wonder Medicare covers it – rather than a cosmetic procedure.
People who undergo this type of weight loss surgery need to make lifelong lifestyle changes and be under medical supervision all the time. These patients can add one more thing to be careful about: alcohol.
According to research conducted by Professor John Morton, not only do these patients get “drunk” faster (their blood alcohol level rises faster), they also take longer to return to zero breath-alcohol level.
The conclusion: if you have had bariatric surgery, lower your consumption of alcohol, and never drink it if you think you are going to drive, or at least wait for several hours before getting behind the wheel.
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