ESS 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cocaethylene, Coronary Artery Disease, Central Nervous System
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10-12% of people will be in some form addicted to alcohol. Sons of alcoholic fathers may show signs of less impairment by alcohol = greater risk. Type ii alcoholism: onset in adolescence, aggressive behavior. Heredity research is seeking to identify the genes that make a user more susceptible to addiction. Drd2a1 allele can be pulled out of genotype testing to see if someone has an increased ratio of becoming an alcoholic. Males: drink more than 3-4 drinks a day. Drink to relieve social or emotional difficulties. Genetics: risk doubles with family history, males greater risk than females. Greater risk for liver damage, pancreatic damage, 40% increased risk hypertension, breast cancer. Women register high bac than men from the same amount of alcohol. Cage & tweak questions are used to assess alcohol consumption. Males: 5 or more drinks in one sitting. Women: 4 or more drinks in one sitting. Risk for depression of the central nervous system (cns)
