On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:08:19 -0400, Goomba wrote:

> sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:02:09 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I know there are supposed to be studies out there that say that the alcohol
>>> does not all burn off ia flambe or boil off in a braised dish, but that
>>> leaves me wondering. You have to use alcohol to flambe because there is not
>>> enough alcohol in wine.
>>
>> From what I've read *here* in quoted studies, some but not all of the
>> alcohol burns off. Why anyone cares is beyond me.
>
> The only reason I can think of (that makes sense to me) for people to
> care would be the raging alcoholic who is taking the drug Antabuse. ANY
> contact with alcohol causes them to become violently sick to their
> stomach. It is the purpose of this drug (adversion therapy) and those
> folks might want to know?

as i understand it, vinegar can also set of an antabuse reaction. but even
if you don't (foolishly) use alcohol while taking it, it's not good for
your liver, oddly enough.

ANTABUSE, taken by itself in small doses, is relatively non-toxic.
Drowsiness and fatigue are common during initial treatment with disulfiram.
In patients undergoing treatment for alcoholism, disulfiram may also give
rise to a number of other side-effects, such as an unpleasant taste,
gastrointestinal upsets, body odour, bad breath, headache, impotence,
acetonaemia, restlessness, dizziness and occasional allergic dermatitis.
Optic atrophy and peripheral neuropathies, psychotic reactions and
hepatotoxicity (including hepatitis consistent with a hypersensitivity
reaction) may occur. Isolated blood dyscrasias have been reported.

<http://home.intekom.com/pharm/lagamed/antabuse.html>

nasty stuff, if you ask me. and the 'unpleasant' reaction from using
alcohol can put you in the emergency room.

your pal,
blake