Lipocine Inc. (NASDAQ: LPCN), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee (BRUDAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug... Nov 17, 2017
No, Alcohol is actually a depressant, even though it makes you feel good for a while. <br />Technically, it is both a stimulant and a depressant. After your blood-alcohol reaches a certain percent, around .08, there is so much in your body that the effects switch from a stimulant to a depressant.
Most of the alcohol you consume, however, is metabolized in the liver, and the liver can process only so much alcohol per hour. The liver metabolizes alcohol at an average rate of .016 BAC per hour (less than one drink). Regardless of how fast your body absorbs alcohol, it burns off at the rate of .016 BAC per hour.