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Treatment with ethacrynic acid increases the lethality of ethanol in mice. Dogs treated with ethacrynic acid and ethanol have higher venous blood alcohol concentrations than those given alcohol alone, Ethacrynic acid has been demonstrated to be a weak in vitro inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase. Mechanism of action and possible clinical significance have also been discussed.
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