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by tcj_phx
3446 days ago
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> What do you mean they were turned into alcoholic by methadone? Of the three alcoholics I mentioned, only one was (possibly/probably) triggered by methadone maintenance therapy. Methadone is well-known to cause sugar cravings. This one started drinking heavily after about a month of methadone. She justified this as 'okay' because she wasn't driving. Alcohol is just another form of fuel (derived from carbohydrates) for the body to burn. The alcoholic brain preferentially burns acetate (one of the breakdown products of ethanol): https://www.jci.org/articles/view/65153
https://www.medicaldaily.com/heavy-drinking-alcohol-actually... Apparently an old strategy for dealing with alcohol cravings is to feed them tons of sugar. |
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