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palcohol (powdered alcohol)
Notes:
- powdered alcohol
- FDA-qpproved in the U.S. in 2015
- has not been released due to negative reaction to its approval
- 27 states had banned its sale
- AMA calls for ban [2]
- contains ~55% alcohol by weight
- reconstituted to liquid form by mixing with water
Interactions
drug interactions
General
pharmacologic combination
topical powder
References
- Orciari Herman A, Fairchild DG, Hefner JE
Health Officials Call for Ban on Powdered Alcohol
Physician's First Watch, Feb 16, 2016
David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief
Massachusetts Medical Society
http://www.jwatch.org
- Warren KE, Tay S, Wen LS
Patient and Public Risks of Powdered Alcohol: A Citywide Case
Study to Prevent Abuse.
Ann Intern Med. Published online 16 February 2016
PMID: 26881915
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2491919
- AMA News Room. June 14, 2016
New AMA Policy Calls for Ban on Powdered Alcohol.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/2016/2016-06-14-ama-policy-ban-powdered-alcohol.page
Components
ethanol; ethyl alcohol