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Is Syncope Due To ETOH?
My husband drinks 3 liters Scotch/week. He was on an antidepressant and had syncopal episodes(1-3/day). Med change was instituted and reports has had no spells from Jan to May. The med he was taking has been independently stopped and out of his system 4-6 weeks now but he has had 3 syncopal episodes in the past 2 1/2 mo. Is it just the ETOH or something more?
Mon, 20 Jul 2015
cannot say in his particular case, but it certainly won't help. Alcohol associated sleeping, blackouts, unconsciousness, memory effects, seizures, are all well-known. Those would be bad. In fact, one would have to have medical supervision on stopping that much alcohol because withdrawal could lead to serious/fatal consequences.
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