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Typically the person is kept sedated with benzodiazepines, such as diazepam, lorazepam, chlordiazepoxide, or oxazepam. In some cases antipsychotics , such as haloperidol may also be used. Older drugs such as paraldehyde and clomethiazole were formerly the traditional treatment but have now largely been superseded by the benzodiazepines.
Slang terms for the state include: getting high (generic), and being stoned, cooked, or fried (usually in reference to cannabis). [ 4 ] Substance intoxication may often accompany a substance use disorder (SUD); if persistent substance-related problems exist, SUD is the preferred diagnosis.
Laws on drunkenness vary. In the United States, it is a criminal offense for a person to be drunk while driving a motorized vehicle, except in Wisconsin, where it is only a fine for the first offense. [38] It is also a criminal offense to fly an aircraft or (in some American states) to assemble or operate an amusement park ride while drunk. [39]
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Image credits: Careful-Show8065 #6. At a retreat we all were sitting on a hard wood floor. Speaker: "Let us have a moment of silence to reflect upon God's word in our hearts."
The most common general symptom of having the spins is described by its name: the feeling that one has the uncontrollable sense of spinning, although one is not in motion, which is one of the main reasons an intoxicated person may vomit. [7] The person has this feeling due to impairments in vision and equilibrioception (sense of balance).
As little as 10 mL of pure methanol when drunk is metabolized into formic acid, which can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve. 15 mL is potentially fatal, [1] although the median lethal dose is typically 100 mL (3.4 fl oz) (i.e. 1–2 mL/kg body weight of pure methanol). [4] Reference dose for methanol is 0.5 mg/kg/day. [9]
Onset of symptoms: Here, you start experiencing the first signs of a cold, such as a sore throat, sneezing, and mild fatigue. This stage marks the body’s initial immune response to the infection.