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#40 Alcohol
December 26, 2009 · 3 Comments
In honor of your possible New Year’s over-indulgence, we discussed alcohol with Dr. Rob Tarzwell and Dr. Ken Mukamal.
How does intoxication work? When is alcohol actually good for you, and how much is too much? And of course… how to get rid of a hangover.
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A sobering podcast! What!? Oh come on, fish, barrel, slow moving target, what’s one to do.
Some really good information, but was genuinely surprised that cold fresh air did not have any physiologic effect, even if only in the mind of the drinker.
by robert · on January 4, 2010 at 3:58 am
I was a little surprised to hear Dr. Tarzwell recommend Tylenol. Both are detoxified using the same cytochrome p450 and co-application can produce hepatotoxic metabolites. One study even shows that cessation of alcohol use while using acetominophen makes the breakdown of acetominophen even more toxic due to increased levels of the enzyme due to usual alcohol use. Some studies recommend no acetominphen use by those that regularly use alcohol. There is a rich literature on this that is too extensive to footnote here, so do the homework…
by Kevin Folta · on July 17, 2010 at 1:00 pm
The effects of alcohol on acetaminophen toxicity are complicated, as both acute and chronic consumption (of both products) have to be examined. There’s a good discussion in the comments of a blog post I did at Science-Based Medicine, starting with this comment:
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5062#comment-51298
by PharmacistScott · on July 18, 2010 at 5:31 pm