Alcohol (Part 2)
On an empty stomach, a single drink of alcohol is absorbed - and peak blood alcohol levels are achieved - between 30 and this many minutes.
What is 60 minutes?
Approximately this percentage of adults in the United States use a benzodiazepine.
What is 13%?
In 2010, this fraction of people who died by suicide had an alcohol use disorder.
What is one-third?
Although alcohol alters the action of various neurotransmitters in the brain, it has perhaps the most significant effect on receptors associated with this neurotransmitter - commonly referred to by four letters.
What is GABA?
One of the reasons benzodiazepines have declined in popularity is because this new type of drug has been developed.
What are benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BRAs)?
This category of drug includes illegal substances like heroin and prescription painkillers.
What are opioids?
This is the primary organ that biotransforms alcohol; it is also involved in the biotransformation of acetaminophen, making Tylenol a risky choice of medication to take when drinking.
What is the liver?
When used as a hypnotic, benzodiazepines reduce this - which leads to enhanced restful sleep and less time taken to fall asleep.
What is sleep latency?
The continuum of chemical use includes: Level Zero, total abstinence; Level One, rare to social use; Level Two, heavy social use; Level Three, late problem use / early addiction; and Level Four, which indicates this type of use.
What is middle to late stage addiction?
The liver can biotransform and eliminate about one standard drink in 60 minutes at the low end to this many minutes at the higher end.
What is 90 minutes?
Those who misuse these types of drugs generally fall into one of two groups: those that use the drug to feel euphoria, and this group of individuals.
The parenteral administration of drugs - or administering drugs by injection - is divided into subcategories like intravenous, intramuscular, and this type of injection that occurs under the skin.
What is subcutaneous?
This effect leads to individuals forgetting social norms, leading to actions often regretted at a later time.
What is disinhibition?
Some reasons that people tend to misuse benzodiazepines are: to enhance the effects of another drug, to help control the effects of withdrawal from another drug, or this.
What is to control or eliminate some of the side effects of the primary drug of abuse?
What is an alcohol use disorder?