Last night, I had a very unsettling experience after smoking a cigar tobacco product, and I was wondering if something funny was in it, or whether it possibly interacted with one of my meds (currently taking xifaxin, pentasa, and donnatal). I thought smoking was supposed to be good for IBD????????????
Here is what happened. Keep in mind I never smoke, but I went to the Yankees-Mets baseball game at Yankee Stadium with a client and some mutual friends and we got to the game early. He suggested we smoke cigars and I figured why not. I felt fine while smoking the cigar but immediately afterwards I felt a slight buzz and although I had nothing to eat since Friday morning, when we went to dinner before the game I had ZERO appetite. We went to a diner near the Stadium and I ordered a salad but I had absolutely no desire to eat any food at all or even nibble at it. In addition, I felt strange and also had a feeling like I had to go to the bathroom but couldn't. I had popped a donnatal and then I started burping up the tobacco smoke/fumes. Fortunately I was able to enjoy the game, only had some bottled water during the game and my hunger finally kicked back in about 11 pm or so after the game and we stopped at a diner on the way home in CT and I ate a bacon and egg sandwich.
And it was kind of funny because I have been out with these guys many times socially and they know I am a voracious eater and they kept asking me what was wrong knowing or sensing something was amiss, and there was something amiss, until after the game. I can only describe it as an unsettled feeling in my stomach and body, and complete loss of appetite with an empty stomach.
I wonder if anyone else taking these meds ever had this kind of experience after smoking a cigar?
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