Posted by joe schmoe on February 18, 2013, at 18:54:30
In reply to Re: Alcohol and benzo cross tolerance, posted by rjlockhart37 on February 18, 2013, at 17:59:12
My impression of alcohol tolerance is that it comes from liver enzymes, not neurotransmitter receptors. If alcohol truly affected GABA receptors then tolerance should come from changes in the brain, not the liver. Benzo tolerance seems to come from neurotransmitter receptors. They appear to be totally different mechanisms, so I don't understand why alcohol could cause benzo tolerance.
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