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How come alcohol intoxicated patients in the er often have to be sedated if alcohol is already a sedative?
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Paradox: Some have mixed their alcohol use with other drugs. Some have a paradoxical reaction to alcohol. Many are in blackout and have no connection to a real perception of what they are doing or saying.
Answered 12/18/2013
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