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.
The primary issue is that the alcohol we drink is ethanol. Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol isn't as toxic as some other industrial alcohols, like methanol or ethylene glycol, so it's of limited safety for consumption. But it's more toxic than ethanol, so for safety a bittering agent is added to make it unpalatable.