QUESTION 15 Methanol is a very poisonous substance, accounting for a number of deaths and many cases of blindness yearly

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Question 15 Methanol Is A Very Poisonous Substance Accounting For A Number Of Deaths And Many Cases Of Blindness Yearly 1 (460.47 KiB) Viewed 42 times

QUESTION 15 Methanol is a very poisonous substance, accounting for a number of deaths and many cases of blindness yearly. While the me sometimes not toxic, it may be metabolized by the liver to more toxic molecules such as formic acid or formaldehyde. Before me treatments were developed, a person who had ingested methanol was often given a large amount of ethanol orally as they are The purpose of this treatment was o to use ethanol as a competitive inhibitor of methanol so as to inhibit methanol to be metabolized to more toxic molec O to allow the ethanol to act as a noncompetitive inhibitor of the metabolism of methanol. O to make the patient forget about the pain so that the operation could proceed. O to dissolve the methanol and move it through the circulation faster.