dehydrated alcohol injection (Pending FDA Approval)

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Methanol Poisoning

Pending FDA approval for treatment of methanol poisoning

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Ethanol delays methanol metabolism until the methanol is eliminated from the patient’s system either naturally or via dialysis

Methanol is metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) to formic acid, a toxic metabolite; methanol itself has relatively low toxicity

Like methanol, ethanol is metabolized by ADH, but the enzyme’s affinity for ethanol is 10-20 times higher than it is for methanol

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