... breakdown product acetaldehyde to accumulate. Anyone who takes disulfiram and takes a drink on the same day is likely to develop some unpleasant symptoms - nausea, flushing, headache, high blood pressure, and chest pain. The combination of disulfiram and alcohol can also produce cardiac symptoms and liver inflammation. That makes disulfiram unsuitable for people with serious health problems, including ... to relapse. All the medications now available have limited uses, partly because alcoholics stop taking them. Alcoholism, like all drug addictions, is a complicated disorder, not easil...

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... -enforcement agencies regard a .08 percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream as evidence of intoxication. Larger amounts of blood alcohol can impair brain function and eventually cause unconsciousness; an extreme overdose can be fatal. Chronic alcoholism is ... laws and educational programs in the United States are designed to prevent alcohol abuse, commercial and social pressure continues to put people at risk. Alcoholism is particularly insidious among young people and the elderly, ... Genetic factors are considered crucial: A given person's risk of becoming an alcoholic is four to five...

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