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To: Right Wing Assault

Thanks for the post. Interesting that the specific antidote is ethanol.


44 posted on 03/13/2009 8:33:45 AM PDT by agere_contra (So ... where's the birth certificate?)
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To: agere_contra
Interesting that the specific antidote is ethanol.

Turns out that the previous antidote for ethylene glycol (anti-freeze) is also ethanol. There is a new, better one called Fomepizole.

"Fomepizole is a competitive inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme that catalyzes the initial steps in the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol to their toxic metabolites." I'm assuming ethanol works the same way.

51 posted on 03/13/2009 10:54:52 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault
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