counting medical calories

lucylue21
lucylue21 Posts: 214
edited October 5 in Food and Nutrition
so i dont know if i should or how i should count this. my stomach lining is all meses up and my doctor gave me a yummy (im being sarcastic about th yummy) prescription for lidocaine. now this isnt just any lidocaine. its a forth of a cup 4 times a day for 2 weeks lidocaine. now as thick and slimy and gross as this stuff is. do i have to log the calories?

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  • sarah307
    sarah307 Posts: 1,363 Member
    i wouldn't worry about it ... just get better :)
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    yeah don't worry about medication calories. especially if your sick you need your strength and not to worry about deficits. Feel better! =]
  • sryan8408
    sryan8408 Posts: 244
    Yeah don't log it. Its medicine. I hope you feel better!
  • goddesshanna
    goddesshanna Posts: 69 Member
    In most medications, the active and inert ingredients only add a trivial amount of calories unless it has real sugar or alcohol in it.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    If you Google the specific name of your medication and "calories per dose," you should be able to find out approximately how many calories the medication is adding to your diet. Then you can decide whether you need to count them or not. You're consuming them, so it really doesn't matter whether you log them or not -- your body knows how many calories you're consuming. However, since it's probably a negligible amount, and since it's only for a short period, and since you need this right now for your health, I probably wouldn't worry about it too much. Just eat healthy foods within your calorie range and call it good.
  • lucylue21
    lucylue21 Posts: 214
    thereare 170 calories in a liter. so thats about 10 per dosage.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    thereare 170 calories in a liter. so thats about 10 per dosage.

    So you're looking at 40 calories per day. Not a make-or-break amount. Don't stress over it.
  • daydream58
    daydream58 Posts: 572 Member
    Solid answers within half an hour. Way to Rock it MFPers. And people wonder why I love it here!!!!
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    Solid answers within half an hour. Way to Rock it MFPers. And people wonder why I love it here!!!!

    Yeaaaah! XD lol
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