Published 1972
by Addiction Research Foundation in Toronto .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Compiled at the Addiction Research Foundation Documentation Dept. by E. Polacsek [and others] With a foreword by Mark Keller. |
| Series | Addiction Research Foundation bibliographic series, no. 3 |
| Contributions | Polacsek, E. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | RM302 .A43 1972 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xxii, 561 p. |
| Number of Pages | 561 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5466235M |
| LC Control Number | 73169088 |
More than 75% of people age 65 and older use medications. Of the drugs most commonly used by older people, many have potential to interact adversely with alcohol. The absorption, distribution, metabolism, and effects of drugs or alcohol may be affected. The major adverse clinical outcomes of drug-alcohol interactions are altered blood levels of the medication or of alcohol, liver Cited by: Get this from a library! Interaction of alcohol and other drugs, supplement [Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario. Documentation Department.]. Interaction of alcohol and other drugs: an annotated bibliography of the scientific literature on the interaction of ethanol and other chemical compounds normally absent in vivo, the influence of congeners in alcoholic beverages, conjunctive addiction to ethanol plus other drugs, and cross-tolerance between ethanol and other compounds. The age of individuals and the presence of other drugs may also mediate the influence of particular drugs. • The use of alcohol and other drugs away from the work site, including prescription drugs and over-the-counter medication, may have detrimental effects during work, especially for those in safety-sensitive : Jacques Normand, Richard O. Lempert, Charles P. O'Brien.
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