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How does alcohol intoxication (not withdrawal) lower the seizure threshold in epileptics? since it is a gaba receptor modulator like benzos, shouldn't it act like an anticonvulsant and raise the seizure threshold?
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Here is an article that seems to address the science behind your question. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14594442/ As you have stated, it is primarily the withdrawal of chronic alcohol use that lowers seizure threshold in epileptics and in non-epileptics as well.
Answered 3/15/2021
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