what are the medical perspectives on alcohols?
351715
The medical perspectives on alchohols are that if you continue drinking u can develop cancer or do other damage to your body.
904326
Alcoholism is an addiction. Most Alcoholics won't admit that they are alcoholics. They spend most of their time looking forward to their next drink.  That's why it's a disease. It takes over their ability to reason and their freewill.  Their body has to have that alcohol and their just not satisfied until they get it!!
610341
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. It is rapidly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine, passes into the bloodstream, and is then widely distributed throughout the body. The effects of alcohol on the body are directly related to the amount consumed. In small amounts, alcohol can have a relaxing effect. Adverse effects of alcohol, can include impaired judgment, reduced reaction time, slurred speech, and unsteady gait (i.e., difficulty walking); When consumed rapidly and in large amounts, alcohol can also result in coma and death. In addition, alcohol can interact with a number of prescription and non-prescription medications in ways that can intensify the effect of alcohol, of the medications themselves, or both. Furthermore, alcohol use by pregnant women, can cause serious damage to the developing fetus.\nSO YES IT IS A DRUG.
28584
About 20 percent of alcohol is absorbed through stomach, and most of the rest is absorbed through the small intestine. Alcohol molecules are carried through the bloodstream and come into contact with the cells of virtually all the organs. When someone drinks on an empty stomach, the blood absorbs the alcohol rapidly. The body also absorbs higher concentrations of alcohol, such as mixed drinks or shots, very quickly.\n\nAfter drinking, people usually feel pleasure and become talkative at first. The feelings are usually replaced by drowsiness as the alcohol is eliminated from body, and the drinker may become withdrawn. This pattern often encourages people to drink more to keep the buzz going. \nImmediate medical attention is necessary if a person becomes unconscious, is impossible to arouse or seems to have trouble breathing. \nDrinking a high concentration of alcohol in a short period of time can suppress the centers of the brain that control breathing and cause a person to pass out or even die. \nWhen people pass out, their bodies continue to absorb alcohol. The amount of alcohol in the blood can reach dangerous levels, and they can die in their sleep. Continue to check on someone who has gone to sleep drunk. Do not leave that person alone. \nIt is dangerous to combine alcohol with other drugs, especially those that make you sleepy \nMost alcohol is metabolized in the liver and then excreted. When someone drinks more alcohol than their liver can handle efficiently, the additional alcohol accumulates in the blood and body tissues:-)
742267
Alcohol... don't try to stay away from it anymore.... I just automatically stay away from it.  It's a killer no matter how you look at it.
89026
Wine.. They consist of a few acholic ones to. And i guess you could include Tea also!
638359
Lots of stuff.  Alcohol is a poison --if you drink enough.  It dehydrates you , so i imagine the brain is also dehydrated.  i understand that heavy drinking can kill brain cells, but i don't know how much that source considered to be "heavy."
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"Alcohol also affects the brain. Killing large amounts of brain cells the more and more the person consumes. This leads to short-term memory loss and eventually what people call "wet brain". This is when the alcoholic's brain no longer functions properly. This is a pre-vegetable state. The alcoholic can no longer put coherent sentences together or even function their bowels or bladder correctly."\nhttp://www.spencerrecovery.com/alcoholism-effects.html\n\n"Alcohol has a special affinity for nervous tissue, and as a result chiefly of its direct contact, but partly from its effects on the blood current, the working cells of the brain shrink, the supporting structure hardens, the cerebrospinal fluid, which should act as a protective water-jacket, increases in quantity and exerts injurious pressure. giving the familiar picture of "wet brain" so common in the autopsy room of hospitals caring for large numbers of habitual drunkards. Existing in a less degree, these brain changes are objectively shown in the impaired mental power, the muscular trembling, the shambling gait, and the lack of moral sense of the chronic drinker."\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01274a.htm\n\nI'd say both of those sites together provide a vivid explanation.
773013
yes, alcohol basically cancels out the effect of antibiotics while you are on them but once you are thru with them it is ok to get sh**faced.\n\n-Doc-
762086
In Medical terms, it is used for ethanol (alcohol)
72101
I've heard that there are AA (Alchoholics Anonimous) support groups world-wide. I think that the notion that you refer to is also referred to in the U.S. as one form of dealing with the illness of Alchoholism.
360881
Neither one is good for you.  Alcohol attacks your liver and smoking anything damages your lungs.  Excess use of either will decrease your mental faculties.  Alcohol is legal and it's production is regulated however which makes it very unlikely that you will get Alcohol contaminated with any sort of toxic foreign substance, nor will you be arrested for using alcohol within established laws.  Marijuana is illegal to produce and posess and so their is absolutely no way to insure it's quality or purity.  Personally I drink alcohol occasionally (Red Wine, Beer, and scotch are favorites) and in moderate amounts.
266076
Aside from oils, most alcohols (though not all) are lighter.  Ethanol is toxic in high levels, and the other alcohols are even more so.  If you notice, in nature, there are very few fluids other than water.
742382
alcoholism is a hereditary disease and gets worse with each generaton.\n\n\nrotfl...
620430
It kills brain cells but you should have more than enough extra ones that it doesnt seem to concern too many people.  When your body metabolizes the alcohol, it turns it into liver fat and over a long period of time can decrease your body's ability to filter your blood through the liver.  It also dehydrates you and this is bad if you are an athlete.  In moderation, your body can deal with most of the bad stuff.
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The alcohol actually messes with your brain chemistry. It slows the reuptake of seratonin, for one, making you "happy" and "relaxed". It also affects the areas of the brain that control thought, reflexes, and all senses except hearing. Once your kidneys filter it out of your blood stream, you return to "normal".
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Wine is considered by most to be dangerous to your health.  It does have some soothing aspects for the stomach.  However, in the US, too much and driving is becomes legal issues.  So better to avoid wine, which can lead to alcholism and harsher liquors.  Stick with natural juices, water and tea!