Alabama Southern Community College Alcoholism & Therapeutic Interventions Discussion

Question Description

Alcohol abuse is a serious medical problem in the United States. Read the box “A Human Perspective: Alcohol Abuse and Antabuse” in Chapter 13 of the textbook (page 463) for an overview of this disease, and how one drug (Antabuse) is used as treatment. For this discussion, you should start a thread to answer one of the following questions. If you use any sources other than your textbook, make sure you cite them.

Is there a difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction? If so, what is the difference?
What are the symptoms of alcohol poisoning?
Write an equation showing the oxidation of ethanol that occurs in the body. What is the enzyme that catalyzes this reaction?
What is an enzyme?
How is Antabuse used in people with chronic alcoholism (what does the drug do)?
What is another medical treatment available for alcohol abuse? How does it work?
Antabuse is not a cure for alcoholism. Why not?

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