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Can alcohol show up on a blood test if the doctor is not looking for it?

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No: Routine labs don't check to see if you've been drinking. It would invade your privacy in any case. What happens in your physician's office is between you and him/her -- we're not here to look for what you're doing for fun, but if there's something you want to talk about, that's fine and we can keep your secrets.

Answered 7/20/2017

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