same metabolitic pathway for methanol and ethanol. Methanol breaks down to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which is super deadly. Those enzymes - alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases metabolize alcohols (methanol or ethanol). If you drink ethanol it will make your enzymes busy and (hopefully) methanol would not be metabolized into deadly formic acid before your body secretes them out. Similar thing happens if you drink antifreeze (ethylene glycol also alcohol.
Theres actually super high affinity drug binding to those enzymes, so probably you wouldn’t get free shots in the hospital, but unfortunately you need a spoonful of methanol to become blind
same metabolitic pathway for methanol and ethanol. Methanol breaks down to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which is super deadly. Those enzymes - alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases metabolize alcohols (methanol or ethanol). If you drink ethanol it will make your enzymes busy and (hopefully) methanol would not be metabolized into deadly formic acid before your body secretes them out. Similar thing happens if you drink antifreeze (ethylene glycol also alcohol.
Theres actually super high affinity drug binding to those enzymes, so probably you wouldn’t get free shots in the hospital, but unfortunately you need a spoonful of methanol to become blind
Hence blind drunk