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37 - Breaking the Seal

The Curious Clinicians

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How to Block the Diuretic Effect of Alcohol

Is there a way to block the diuretic effect of alcohol? Like has that been tested? Yes, it certainly has. And I think the way to think about this is you really just need to turn on the mediators of ADH release to sort of blunt this effect. You can either have an increase in serum osmolarity or B volume depleted. So if you have either of those or both, the alcohol media diuresis is blunted in.

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