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I Have Drank About Six Light Beers Today Over The
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Sun, 4 Aug 2019
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Question : I have drank about six light beers today over the course of the whole day, my last one being 2 hours ago. I’m very anxious and getting bad anxiety now. Is it safe to take my .5 Ativan?
Brief Answer:
should consider waiting a little longer
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
The time it takes for the body to eliminate alcohol varies according to the concentration/amount of alcohol.
The half life of a medication or drug is the time it takes for the amount of medication/drug in the body to decrease by half.
It takes 3 to 5 half lives for most of a medication/drug to the eliminated.
The half life of alcohol at high concentrations is approximately 4 to 4 1/2 hours, it would be shorter for less concentrations.
At 2 hours, the amount of alcohol in your body would have started to decrease but it would not be at sufficient levels to use the ativan especially since you would have used other beers today.
You should consider waiting till to at least 4 hour past your last drink
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
should consider waiting a little longer
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
The time it takes for the body to eliminate alcohol varies according to the concentration/amount of alcohol.
The half life of a medication or drug is the time it takes for the amount of medication/drug in the body to decrease by half.
It takes 3 to 5 half lives for most of a medication/drug to the eliminated.
The half life of alcohol at high concentrations is approximately 4 to 4 1/2 hours, it would be shorter for less concentrations.
At 2 hours, the amount of alcohol in your body would have started to decrease but it would not be at sufficient levels to use the ativan especially since you would have used other beers today.
You should consider waiting till to at least 4 hour past your last drink
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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