Pensioner goes blind after vodka but retrieves eyesight after whisky

[PraxxtorCruel]

So if this happens to you just remember to pop to the shop or get someone to pop to shop and get you a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...king-vodka-eyesight-saved--bottle-whisky.html

 

[davedudes]

Sorry I haven't got my glasses on... is that link from the DailyMail? If so, I'm going to go insane.

 

[PraxxtorCruel]

Sorry I haven't got my glasses on... is that link from the DailyMail? If so, I'm going to go insane.

Uhhh....ummm....<cough>...Y-y-y-ye-ye-yes.

 

[Theophany]

This is the best excuse for my alcoholism ever.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Two daily mail threads in a week should mean a lengthy ban tbh

 

[Rroff]

Guy was a grade A plank...

Denis Duthie suddenly went blind after vodka he had been drinking reacted with his diabetes medication.

Someone I know has to deal with the aftermaths of this on a not infrequent occasion and most of them don't regain their sight.

 

[PraxxtorCruel]

Two daily mail threads in a week should mean a lengthy ban tbh

Aww c'mon!

 

[PMKeates]

As surgery got underway, the doctors thought he could have formaldehyde poisoning , which can be treated by administering ethanol, which is a strong type of alcohol found in drinks such as whisky.

wut

 

[Minstadave]

I'd like some weak alcohol please, none of this ethanol business.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

He could at least have had single malt. Blend ? Yuk.

 

[CrispyOtter]

Wasn't there a House episode where they did this?

 

[Something Else]

i find the smell of vodka rupulsive anyway.

much rather have some berry,strawberry or peach cider, even if my mates call me gay

 

[Thorper]

i find the smell of vodka rupulsive anyway.

much rather have some berry,strawberry or peach cider, even if my mates call me gay

http://www.hahgay.com

 

[SlyReaper]

This is the best excuse for my alcoholism ever.

Alcoholism needs no excuses.

 

[Mik3]

The cause and solution to all life's problems.

 

[Meridian]

wut

It's certainly the standard treatment for methanol poisoning, and I think for some other organic liquid poisons where the compound reacts in a similar way to ethanol.

 

[BDEE]

Knew this would be a DM link before even opening the thread.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

It's actually a badly re-worded story originally posted by stuff.co.nz but ignores the District Health Board response which is, amusingly, the entire point of the piece.

e : ha! The joke appears to be on me as they've now listed the NZ Herald which when it first broke they had not. Still no mention of the DHB response though.

 

[Minstadave]

It's certainly the standard treatment for methanol poisoning, and I think for some other organic liquid poisons where the compound reacts in a similar way to ethanol.

Methanol is converted to formaldehyde in the body which gives methanol it's toxic effect.

 

[PMKeates]

It's certainly the standard treatment for methanol poisoning, and I think for some other organic liquid poisons where the compound reacts in a similar way to ethanol.

My irk was with ethanol being a 'strong form of alcohol' found in drinks such as whisky, as if other drinks somehow had a different kind.