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arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前message-square144linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnBee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 天前If you get methanol poisoning for example from badly made liquor then the remedy for that is to drink ethanol (good liquor).
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 天前Same with acetaminophen poisoning.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 天前I always keep a bottle of medicinal vodka around. Also glycol poisoning. Like if you drink antifreeze for your car, one treatment is to drink a bunch of alcohol so the liver processes the alcohol and not the ethelyne glycol.
minus-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 天前Is this for real? Any links? Not doubting you but it’s always been a dark thought I can’t push away about accidentally drinking that stuff.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 天前This one talks about injecting ethanol straight into the veins for quick absorption. https://scienceinsights.org/treating-ethylene-glycol-poisoning-antidotes-and-dialysis/ Or this one. Skip to “ethanol treatment” https://archive.cdc.gov/www_atsdr_cdc_gov/csem/ethylene-propylene-glycol/treatment.html
If you get methanol poisoning for example from badly made liquor then the remedy for that is to drink ethanol (good liquor).
Same with acetaminophen poisoning.
I always keep a bottle of medicinal vodka around.
Also glycol poisoning. Like if you drink antifreeze for your car, one treatment is to drink a bunch of alcohol so the liver processes the alcohol and not the ethelyne glycol.
Is this for real? Any links? Not doubting you but it’s always been a dark thought I can’t push away about accidentally drinking that stuff.
This one talks about injecting ethanol straight into the veins for quick absorption. https://scienceinsights.org/treating-ethylene-glycol-poisoning-antidotes-and-dialysis/
Or this one. Skip to “ethanol treatment” https://archive.cdc.gov/www_atsdr_cdc_gov/csem/ethylene-propylene-glycol/treatment.html