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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 whisky, 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>

===Ocular===

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka_eyeballing Vodka eyeballing] is the practice of consuming vodkas by pouring it into the eye sockets, where it is absorbed through the mucous membranes of the region into the bloodstream. It is a fad that started in 2010. Alcohol is only delivered in minute quantities via ocular administration, so it doesn't cause any psychoactive effect, but it can cause eye injuries.

===Rectal===

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 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 whisky, 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>
+===Ocular===
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka_eyeballing Vodka eyeballing] is the practice of consuming vodkas by pouring it into the eye sockets, where it is absorbed through the mucous membranes of the region into the bloodstream. It is a fad that started in 2010. Alcohol is only delivered in minute quantities via ocular administration, so it doesn't cause any psychoactive effect, but it can cause eye injuries.
 ===Rectal===