Alcohol substitutes, Hydrolytic alcohol

Hydrolysis and sulfite alcohols are obtained from wood by hydrolysis. More toxic than regular ethyl alcohol. For symptoms and treatment, see Ethyl alcohol.

Denatured alcohols are industrial alcohol with an admixture of ethyl alcohol, aldehyde, etc. More toxic than ethyl alcohol. Symptoms and treatment - see.

Colognes and lotions contain up to 60% ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, aldehyde, essential oils, etc.

BF glue: its base is phenol-formaldehyde resin and polyvinyl acetal, dissolved in ethyl alcohol, acetone, chloroform. Symptoms and treatment - see Ethyl alcohol, Acetone.

Polish is toxic ethyl alcohol containing large amounts of acetone, butyl and amyl alcohols. Some types of polishes contain aniline dyes.

Teturam (antabuse). Selective psychotropic, hepatotoxic (effect of acetaldehyde accumulation) effect. After a course of treatment with Antabuse, drinking alcohol causes a sharp vegetative-vascular reaction - flushing of the skin, a feeling of heat in the face, difficulty breathing, palpitations, chills, fear of death. Gradually the reaction ends and after 1-2 hours sleep occurs. However, after taking large doses of alcohol, a more severe reaction is possible - severe pallor of the skin, cyanosis, repeated vomiting, increased heart rate and drop in blood pressure, signs of myocardial ischemia.

Lethal dose: without alcohol - about 30 g, with a blood alcohol concentration of more than 1 g/l - 1 g.

Treatment:

1. When taking a large dose of alcohol - gastric lavage, forced diuresis.
2. Place the patient in a horizontal position; administer IV glucose (40 ml of 40% solution) with ascorbic acid (10 ml of 5% solution), sodium bicarbonate (400 ml of 4% solution) IV drip. Thiamine (2-3 ml of 5% solution) intramuscularly. Cardiovascular drugs. When excited, 1-2 ml of 0.5% diazepam solution is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.