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Drug or alcohol intoxication
A condition that occurs after consuming too much alcohol or drugs, causing disturbances in behavior or mental function.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 51-year old asked:
Does alcohol intoxication usually cause many symptoms?
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A 50-year old asked:
Intoxication or alcohol poisoning, how to tell the difference?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: alcohol intoxication?
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A 43-year old asked:
What's the difference between intoxication and alcohol poisoning?
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A 33-year old asked:
How much alcohol causes intoxication?
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A 37-year old asked:
Could nicotine cause intoxication similar to alcohol intoxication?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Although alcohol is a depressent, can it cause paradoxical anxiety during intoxication?
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A 45-year old asked:
Does nicotine cause intoxication similar to alcohol intoxication? Please, need some answers?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can anyone tell me what conditions could cause intoxication like symptoms without alcohol?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Does alcohol intoxication lower the siezure threshold?
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A 29-year old asked:
How can cheese or greasy pizza affect getting alcohol intoxication?
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A 50-year old asked:
I was admitted into the ER for alcohol intoxication, what do they do?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Alcohol intoxication: what are the cognitive effects? Do I have to be afraid for my academic career that has been good so far? What can be done?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Will an outstanding law student, passed for everything, decline in points after an alcohol intoxication (a night in the hospital).. What can be done?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Can alcohol intoxication cause convulsions and seizures?
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A 41-year old asked:
If you get taken to the hospital for alcohol intoxication do they test your level?
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A male asked:
Is it possible for alcohol intoxication to cause insomnia and stimulation vs sedation?
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A 39-year old asked:
Alcohol intoxication lead to brain damage?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Can alcohol intoxication (not withdrawal) cause convulsions and or seizures and lower the seizure threshold?
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A 24-year old female asked:
What are the effects of alcohol after two months of gallbladder removal? Are you more susceptible to blacking out, Alcohol intoxication, or Alcohol intolerance, or would you regularly react to your average alcohol intake?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Does alcohol intoxication or poisoning (not withdrawal) cause seizures? Or does it suppress them since it's a depressant like benzos?
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A female asked:
Can alcohol intoxication inhibit antibody formation in repsonse to a vaccine ?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Does alcohol intoxication raise or lower the seizure threshold? Since it is a sedative like benzos, would it have anticonvulsant effects?
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A 34-year old male asked:
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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A 24-year old female asked:
Indication for et intubation during general anaesthesia include:a.Alcohol intoxicationb.Active tbc.Small bowel obstructiond.Pregnancye.Hiv infect?
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A 43-year old asked:
What to expect during drug and alcohol test?
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A 48-year old asked:
Is there a way to help a drug and alcohol abuser?
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A member asked:
Can alcohol be taken when u are taking the drug rosuvas-10?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Wat can cause a blackout , no drugs or alcohol were being used ?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Is smelling sanitizer or any thing that has alcohol considered as drug (or something like that)?the alcohol is dangerous or not?
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