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Effects Produced by ethanol

 Acute effects

 Chronic effects

Acute effects

 60 to 80 mg/dl  impairment of driving ability

 120 to 160 mg/dl  Gross drunkenness

 More than 300 mg/dl  Loss of conscious, anesthesia and coma

 More than 500 mg/dl  Lethal

 Other effects

o Sedation

o Sedation, inhibition loss, impaired judgment and slurred
speech

Contents  CNS effects mg/dl  produce due to modulation of signalling
proteins

Pharmacology Mnemonics and Short Notes By Muhammad Ramzan Ul Rehman