how can an alcohol test be performed?

Question

Will Valium and alcohol affect your alk phos, AST and ALT levels when a liver function test is performed. Alkphos29, alt110, ast38 bilirubin dir 0.4?

Answer 1

BAL or EtG: Alcohol is usually tested by a blood alcohol level (bal) via blood draw. However, there is a test for urine that looks for ethyl glucuronide (etg), which is a breakdown product of ethanol, and is specifically designed to determine if you've had alcohol in the last 80 hours.

Answer 2

Possibly: The addictive personality means that you can easily fall prey to substitute drugs especially those that give you similar effects and your best recourse here is to just say no. I have good results in helping overcome cravings by using lavendar, peppermint and citrus essential oils in combo inhaled from the hand. The lavender is strong as Xanax (alprazolam) www.Medac4u.Com.

Answer 3

It depends: All alcohol should be consumed in moderation. Some studies have demonstrated benefits from the antioxidants in red wines in particular. These benefits are entirely negated if people overindulge.

Answer 4

Possibly: Depends on how much wine. There is some evidence that resveratrol, a chemical found in red wines (and also red grape juice) may have cardiac protective effects. In men, up to 2 standard drinks per day (one shot of 80 proof liquor, 8 oz of beer, 5 oz wine) and in women 1 drink per day, is associated with some cardiac protection. Higher doses cause way more harm than good, and exercise is better.

Answer 5

No: There are 4 approved medications to reduce craving for alcohol - acamprosate (campral) is a pill taken 3 times a day; Naltrexone (revia) is a pill taken once a day, and vivitrol is a long-acting form of Naltrexone which is injected once every 4 weeks. The fourth is the oldest- antabuse, (disulfiram) a pill which will cause nausea, vomiting, headache and other symptoms if you drink on top of it.

Answer 6

Excellent question: Probably because they have a longer history of use and are more socially acceptable. But both tobacco and alcohol cause a tremendous amount of disease and are by no means safe.

Answer 7

Use and lobbies: These are traditional products, available long before heath and other risks have reached the public forum. They exist in the market because they are addictive and have a huge following, they are agricultural products with a significant lobby, they are a tremendous source of tax revenue and history shows that attempts to eliminate them have only made the problem worse - e.g. Prohibition.

Answer 8

Yes.: One can of regular beer = 1 shot of hard liquor.

Answer 9

Regular beer- yes: Only non-alcoholic beer is alcohol free also root beer, ginger beer etc. Regular beer varies in alcohol content, from as little as 2.5% -12.5% and possibly higher. Most commercial beers contain about 4.5% alcohol and all bottles or cans are supposed to list alcohol content.

Answer 10

Yes: For some reason, a lot of folks think they cannot have an alcohol problem because they only drink beer. I've had patients who drink two or three cases per day. If you know you have a problem, but continue to drink, you should definitely seek help, preferably with an addictiologist. One or two beers per day is usually not a problem. A six pack or more per day usually is.

Answer 11

Yes...: But to be clear, like many other liquids, beer contains alcohol in varying concentrations. This site will tell you how much alcohol is in your favorite beer: http://www.Alcoholcontents.Com/beer/.

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