Question 1

If i drank a fifth of starting drinking on friday and drank a fifth of vodka on sat and stopped at midnight how long would it how long would it stay in my system for a blood/alcohol test.  i slept a lot sat and ate decent both days and went to work on sun

Accepted Answer

Test is the very least of your problems. Alcohol is metabolized in the liver, and sweating and urinating remove only a very tiny amount. We metabolize about 1 drink per hour, so a fifth would take a day or more to completely be metabolized, more or less. However, your drinking is clearly beyond social and you are almost certainly alcoholic. You need help before you do permanent damage to body/mind.

Question 2

I was required to take a pth blood alcohol sample to determine whether i was drinking.  how long after drinking does it take to get a negative?

Accepted Answer

On how much you were drinking, how long it was since you had your last drink, and to some extent your tolerance to alcohol and your size. If your alcohol level was 80 mg% (0.08 gms/dl), the legal limit, it would take an average drinker between 6-8 hours to metabolize it to zero.  If you were at 160 mg%, it would take 14-18 hours, and if you were at 20 mg% (below legal limit), it would be 1-2 hours.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What is the relationship between overeating and blood alcohol content?  during drinking, do people eat more?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol is the same as sugar in your body.  After consuming any type of sugar, your body produces insulin, the storage hormone of sugar/carbs, to process and store all of that fuel.
So, the more you drink, the more Insulin your body must produce to handle this extra sugar fuel, so once you stop drinking, chances are, your body will have produced too much insulin, so you will eat to compensate.

Question 5

If a blood alcohol test is taken, but the sample is not tested for 5 weeks, is the test still accurate?  can the sample deteriorate?

Accepted Answer

Preserved? Five weeks is generally too long to store whole blood and it will deteriorate. Was it for medical testing or for legal reasons? If it was legal reasons your lawyer should be able to help.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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 7

What percent blood alcohol level is normal after a few drinks?

Accepted Answer

Your metabolism, length of time between and since last drink, if you consume food at the same time, and the type of drink may all affect blood alcohol level. 1 beer=a 6 oz glass of wine=1shot. Many mixed drinks have more than 1 shot. On average 2-3 shots or equivalent within 2-3hrs would put you over the legal limit to drive

Question 8

Can a blood alcohol test detect diabetes?

Accepted Answer

No Blood Alcohol test can not detect Diabetes

Question 9

Which is more sensitive: a blood alcohol test or a breathalyzer test?

Accepted Answer

Blood alcohol level is more accurate

Question 10

Anyone have experience with urine alcohol tests? same as blood alcohol?

Accepted Answer

Blood alcohol tests examined for alcohol. Urine test looks for a metabolite, ethyl glucronide and may be positive for up to five days.

How long after drinking are blood alcohol tests accurate

If i drank a fifth of starting drinking on friday and drank a fifth of vodka on sat and stopped at midnight how long would it how long would it stay in my system for a blood/alcohol test. i slept a lot sat and ate decent both days and went to work on sun

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I was required to take a pth blood alcohol sample to determine whether i was drinking. how long after drinking does it take to get a negative?

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

What is the relationship between overeating and blood alcohol content? during drinking, do people eat more?

If a blood alcohol test is taken, but the sample is not tested for 5 weeks, is the test still accurate? can the sample deteriorate?

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

What percent blood alcohol level is normal after a few drinks?

Can a blood alcohol test detect diabetes?

Which is more sensitive: a blood alcohol test or a breathalyzer test?

Anyone have experience with urine alcohol tests? same as blood alcohol?

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