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**DownloadMan** · 09-21-2012, 12:10 PM

As for the drinking thing http://www.rsoa.org/lectures/01/01.pdf Pages 20-24 address ethnic differences. Asians actually are genetically predisposed to a condition that deters alcohol consumption because it causes physical discomfort (similar to that caused by the drug "Antibuse" given to alcohol abusers to curb their consumption).

I have heard that too, but not every Thai drinks, so maybe thats the reason, altho I see a lot of Thai that do drink alcoholically, as most do if they drink at all.
I got drunk behind antibuse once myself, sure will never do that again, it can kill you and it damn near did me. So the way to prevent that is don't take it, but some are on a maint. program where they have to take it daily at a pharmacy or office, it doesn't work on everyone and some can drink in moderation when taking it.

As to dying in a hospital, I choose not to altho our personal in the hospital is fully trained and very nice people, I thought that you stated somewhere in a post that Thailand was a place to get good medical care??
I am totally repulsed by the idea of dying in a hospital or nursing home, surrounded by undereducated and underpaid strangers .

Guess that has changed, But Thailand, like some other countries lets the family stay in the hospital and care for the patient, in fact they encourage it as it does free up people and tends to make the patient more comfortable, But when all was done to cure father they did recommend that he die at home as they could do him no more good, not like the hospitals in the USA where they recieve thousands of dollars a day to watch you die and it is a real "cash in the bank" process.

There is lots of stuff on Thai alcohol consumption, Check google,,

09-21-2012, 12:10 PM	#12
DownloadMan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 633 Senior Member	As for the drinking thing http://www.rsoa.org/lectures/01/01.pdf Pages 20-24 address ethnic differences. Asians actually are genetically predisposed to a condition that deters alcohol consumption because it causes physical discomfort (similar to that caused by the drug "Antibuse" given to alcohol abusers to curb their consumption). I have heard that too, but not every Thai drinks, so maybe thats the reason, altho I see a lot of Thai that do drink alcoholically, as most do if they drink at all. I got drunk behind antibuse once myself, sure will never do that again, it can kill you and it damn near did me. So the way to prevent that is don't take it, but some are on a maint. program where they have to take it daily at a pharmacy or office, it doesn't work on everyone and some can drink in moderation when taking it. As to dying in a hospital, I choose not to altho our personal in the hospital is fully trained and very nice people, I thought that you stated somewhere in a post that Thailand was a place to get good medical care?? I am totally repulsed by the idea of dying in a hospital or nursing home, surrounded by undereducated and underpaid strangers . Guess that has changed, But Thailand, like some other countries lets the family stay in the hospital and care for the patient, in fact they encourage it as it does free up people and tends to make the patient more comfortable, But when all was done to cure father they did recommend that he die at home as they could do him no more good, not like the hospitals in the USA where they recieve thousands of dollars a day to watch you die and it is a real "cash in the bank" process. There is lots of stuff on Thai alcohol consumption, Check google,,
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