Question 1

can antidepressants raise the blood alcohol level?

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Antidepressant: No they will not raise the level but they can, along with many other drugs potentate the effects, leading to an inadvertent overdose as happens to so many celebrities.

Question 2

could an inhaler for asthma raise your blood alcohol level?

Accepted Answer

No: There's no alcohol in an albuterol inhaler and even if there were there definitely wouldn't be enough to give a positive test.  Even breath sprays that do have alcohol in them (Binaca) don't give a positive result 5 minutes after a spray.

Question 3

if you drink while you are on nortriptyline can it raise your blood alcohol level?

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Alcohol and meds: It may prove to stay in your system longer, but not raise the levels over all.

Question 4

how is your blood alcohol level affected by the drinks you've had?

Accepted Answer

It goes up the more: you drink.  Depending on gender and to some extent size, it goes up about 200 mg% (0.02) with each drink, also dependent on how quickly you drink, and whether it is on an empty stomach, as well as individual tolerance. About 4 drinks within one hour will result in a BAC of 80mg% (or 0.08 gms%).  This can be higher in some people, especially if drinks are "chugged" - one after the other rapidly.

Question 5

tell me difference between bac (blood alcohol content) and bal (blood alcohol level)?

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Same: They are 2 different names for the same value.

Question 6

what's the difference between bac (blood alcohol content) and bal (blood alcohol level)?

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BAL Vs BAC: Blood alcohol level (BAL) = Blood alcohol content (BAC) = Blood ethanol concentration. BAL is used  to identify alcohol  intoxication. BAL measures alcohol concentration in blood using mass per volume.

Question 7

what does a 150.3 blood alcohol level mean?

Accepted Answer

See below: This would be the equivalent of six standard drinks in 160-165 lb man ( more in a heavier man and less in a female of the same weight )  not allowing for the breakdown of any alcohol which is typically one drink every 60-90 mins.   If no tolerance, one is quite intoxicated.  Dwi is at 80.0, aggravated dwi at 180.

Question 8

could someones blood alcohol level be manipulated by eating?

Accepted Answer

No: Alcohol is metabolized by the liver.  Eating will not speed up this metabolism so the blood alcohol level can't be manipulated in this way.  However, eating when drinking can help with the sick feeling you may get.

Question 9

how high is a blood alcohol level for driving?

Accepted Answer

Now 0.8%.: This legal limit varies by country and is typically blood alcohol content limit for the operation of a vehicle. In the United States, the legal limit can vary by state but for all states as of 2011 is 0.08% blood alcohol content as measured by a breath device, urinalysis or blood test.

Question 10

how high does your blood alcohol level have to be to harm you?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol: Toxicity of alcohol is related to tolerance, learned by drinking rather than the blood alcohol level.

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