Failure of Dexedrine and Caffeine as Practical Antagonists of the Depressant Effect of Ethyl Alcohol in Man

1 September 1956

journal article
research article
Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Vol. 17 (3), 406-410
https://doi.org/10.15288/qjsa.1956.17.406

Abstract

Neither dexedrine nor caffeine in ordinary therapeutic doses were effective in antagonizing the depressant effect of alcohol, as measured by a battery of tests in human subjects.

Keywords

ALCOHOL, ETHYL/EFFECTS
AMPHETAMINE/RELATED COMPOUNDS
CAFFEINE/EFFECTS

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ALCOHOLISM WITH GLUCOSE AND INSULIN
JCI Insight, 1939

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