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>David Hedlund Alcohol is one of the most common psychoactive substances in the world. This page is intended to inspire people to think differently about alcohol. |
>David Hedlund 600-800 mg/kg ethanol from a 5–10% alcohol by volume solution is given as a loading dose over 30 minutes, followed by a maintenance doses that are increased for people with ethanol tolerance, and further increased for people who are receiving dialysis.<ref>https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/3609/smpc</ref> |
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Ethylene glycol or methanol poisoning are treated with fomepizole, or ethanol (that will compete with them) when fomepizole is not | Ethylene glycol or methanol poisoning are treated with fomepizole, or ethanol (that will compete with them) when fomepizole is not available. | ||
Pharmaceutical grade ethanol (rectified spirit) diluted 5–10% in 5% dextrose is usually given intravenously as an ethylene glycol or methanol poisoning treatment.<ref name="Drugs2001-Brent">{{cite journal | author = Brent J | title = Current management of ethylene glycol poisoning | journal = Drugs | volume = 61 | issue = 7 | pages = 979–88 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11434452 | doi = 10.2165/00003495-200161070-00006 | issn = 0012-6667}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1306022/ |title=Standardized Treatment of Severe Methanol Poisoning With Ethanol and Hemodialysis |author=Brent R. Ekins, et al. |journal=West J Med. |date=Mar 1985 |volume=142 |issue=3 |pages=337–40 |pmc=1306022}}</ref> However, sometimes ethanol is given orally in the form of distilled beverages such as | Pharmaceutical grade ethanol (rectified spirit) diluted 5–10% in 5% dextrose is usually given intravenously as an ethylene glycol or methanol poisoning treatment.<ref name="Drugs2001-Brent">{{cite journal | author = Brent J | title = Current management of ethylene glycol poisoning | journal = Drugs | volume = 61 | issue = 7 | pages = 979–88 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11434452 | doi = 10.2165/00003495-200161070-00006 | issn = 0012-6667}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1306022/ |title=Standardized Treatment of Severe Methanol Poisoning With Ethanol and Hemodialysis |author=Brent R. Ekins, et al. |journal=West J Med. |date=Mar 1985 |volume=142 |issue=3 |pages=337–40 |pmc=1306022}}</ref> 600-800 mg/kg ethanol from a 5–10% alcohol by volume solution is given as a loading dose over 30 minutes, followed by a maintenance doses that are increased for people with ethanol tolerance, and further increased for people who are receiving dialysis.<ref>https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/3609/smpc</ref> | ||
However, sometimes ethanol is given orally in the form of distilled beverages such as whiskey, vodka, or gin for ethylene glycol or methanol poisoning treatment when no pharmaceutical ethanol solutions are available.<ref name="Drugs2001-Brent"/> In one case, doctors saved a poisoned tourist using a vodka drip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21219366/ns/world_news-weird_news/t/doctors-save-poisoned-tourist-using-vodka-drip/#.UQ79VBipMUM |title=Poisoned tourist saved with vodka drip |publisher=NBC News |date=2007-10-10 |accessdate=2013-02-05}}</ref> | |||
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