TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 23. Alcohols A1 - Trevor, Anthony J. A1 - Katzung, Bertram G. A1 - Kruidering-Hall, Marieke M. A1 - Masters, Susan B. PY - 2013 T2 - Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology: Examination & Board Review, 10e AB - Ethanol, a sedative-hypnotic drug, is the most important alcohol of pharmacologic interest. Its abuse causes major medical and socioeconomic problems. Other alcohols of toxicologic importance are methanol and ethylene glycol. Several drugs discussed in this chapter are used to prevent the potentially life-threatening ethanol withdrawal syndrome, to treat chronic alcohol-use disorders, or to treat acute methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56981814 ER -