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HYPNOSEDATIVE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

HAMİT YILDIZ

Experimental and Applied Medical Science - 2021;2(3):210-220

Gaziantep University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey

 

Besides of abuse alcohol consumption, abuse of hypnosedative drugs is unsettingly common. As a result of concomitant consumption of these substances together, undesirable side effects such as decreased reasoning ability, blurred consciousness, decreased reflexes and death appear in the clinic. In this review, when alcohol and benzodiazepine are used together, the physiological absorption processes of these chemicals and the factors affecting their distribution in body tissues are discussed.