I am fully aware that I shouldn’t drink alcohol while on Ritalin, however I do sometimes cook with it, so I was curious on if that’s a major problem, as the relative quantity of alcohol is much lower than when drinking it. Say for instance a sauce that’s 1/5 Sake (15% alcohol) of which you then use around 30-40ml. That’s barely any alcohol, so should I be worried and maybe not take my meds when I’m planning on making food containing alcohol, or is it fine if I just avoid beers and wines and such?

Edit: The consensus seems to be that it’s fine, especially if it cooks longer, because it’s a low amount and at high heat the alcohol cooks away anyways. Thank you everyone for your input!

  • too_high_for_this@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Don’t get medical advice from Internet strangers. Ask your doctor/nurse. Literally just call and ask them, it’ll take two minutes.

      • too_high_for_this@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Every primary care doctor I’ve ever gone to has had either an NP or PA on staff to answer patient-specific questions, handle refills, appointments, etc. That’s pretty standard here, and I’m on Obamacare so I don’t have a special healthcare plan.

        I think a lot of people don’t know that you can just call and ask them questions, for free, without having to set an appointment and wait. They won’t give you a diagnosis or prescribe a new treatment, but they’ll absolutely answer questions like the OP has.