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I suppose prescribing alcohol makes sense in these situations for tracking and controlling the dosage and frequency of use. Feels odd to just... use cans of commercial beer, though. In a hospital setting (which this pic looks like), wouldn't it be cheaper and more effective to use small amounts of neutral grain spirits or something? Could be watered down to mitigate the dehydrating effect (and prevent OD if someone sneaks into the supply). It's not like the taste matters, right?
Why go to the trouble of using something nasty. It's convenient and non-stigmatizing for the residents. So why not?
If I had to choose between watered-down pure alcohol (grain spirits) and Budweiser, I think we both know which one is nasty.
Probably cheaper to use budweiser. It's already food safe and the economy at scale makes it easy to get.
Then they can go and charge your insurance $5000 for a 12 oz
There's probably a contract and they got the cheapest alcohol that is still single use. a 70 year old RN once told me when she was about 28 there was a pt with cirrhosis,pancreatitis, and going through withdrawals. There was only so much medications they could give because the liver was damaged so much. They called the 65yr old MD, he looked at the chart, asked him on avg. what his daily alcohol intake was(4L of vodka) ,and asked the nurse what and when meds were given. He takes out some money from his bill fold asked the nurse assistant to go buy a 6pack of beer and to give him one beer as needed. The nurse stares at him. He winks and says to chart it as intervention for withdrawals and to just use the name of the beer.
4l a day is insane, amazing anyone could survive that let alone daily
You always think you have a pretty good idea of what the top looks like. Then you see real pros in action and it wasn't even close.
Bud is like 4% so its hydrating.
No, 4% beer will cause vasopressin suppression, and you'll urinate more water than the volume of the beer. More beers will worsen the effect.
The breakeven ABV point for most people of around 2.8%, but some people find that even a 0.5% "nonalcoholic" beer has a diuretic effect.