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Adderall and Alcohol

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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness

Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.

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Adderall and Alcohol

by alexandra10016, Aug 31, 2006 12:00AM

Tags: alcohol, deficit, mental, Health, Attention Deficit Disorder, Mental Health, Research, test

Does adderall effect an alcohol level on a breath analyiser test. My son drank two beers and was stopped by police and given the BAC - we can't understand why his level was .6. He had one beer with dinner then an hour later he had a second one. About an hour later he was tested.

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by Roger Gould, M.D.

, Sep 01, 2006 12:00AM

I can not give you a definitive answer on this, but the chances are very slim that adderal would effect alcohol level on that test. The best thing you can do is research the bac..that will give you the answer about what does and what does not effect that level.

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by borninquisitive, Sep 01, 2006 12:00AM

A BAC calculator: http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm

If you scroll to the bottom, it'll give you an "at a glance" for both male & female.

by who_dis, Sep 02, 2006 12:00AM

I wonder if you are mistaken. He could easily have had a .06 level after a couple of beers. But not a .6-- He'd be pretty much unconscious.

by borninquisitive, Sep 03, 2006 12:00AM

You are right on bac .6

I'm sure she meant .06 ;-D

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