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Please see my response to a sibling commenter. Nearly everything above is also true of ethanol. Drinking too much water is also lethal. I take care of plenty
by n8henrie 2y ago
Please see my response to a sibling commenter.
Nearly everything above is also true of ethanol.
Drinking too much water is also lethal.
I take care of plenty of patients that drink IPA. It is not uncommon in both people that think it will kill them and do it as a suicide attempt, as well as people that are desperate for a buzz but can't access ethanol (I work on the Navajo nation where ethanol is illegal and more difficult to obtain).
In general, these patients sober up and go home, just like patients that drink ethanol. Compared to ethanol, patients are much more intoxicated, take much longer to get sober, and are more likely to exhibit symptoms of gastritis or esophagitis. But there is nothing about caring for them that is categorically different than caring for a patient with a significant alcohol ingestion -- in both cases, it is dose dependent.
- ryandvm 2y agoFair point. At high enough levels, ethyl alcohol is also a pretty effective poison.