Alcoholic beverages and your health

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Re: Alcoholic beverages and your health

@Niksik

So a friend told me that drinking a glass of beer everyday helps with kidney stones. Also, taking brandy for colds is known to be quite effective. We also know that drinking a glass of red wine everyday can help reduce heart disease.

Then we have the Nyquils and such that contain alcohol, some in greater percentages than alcoholic beverages.

So, I have 2 questions:

1. Is the alcohol used in medications a different type that is allowed Islamically?
2. Is alcohol that can actually treat medical conditions still haram?

Post freely please.

1- No if it is to be taken by mouth. Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol) is used in medicines which are to be taken by mouth. Some cough meds may have up to 10% Ethyl alcohol.

Many side effects or drug interactions can occur with Ethyl alcohol.

(For Antiseptic or preservative purpose, isopropyl Alcohol is used- Sometimes Methyl alcohol-Kacchi Sharaab- is found in home grown alcohol which can cause blindness or death)

2- What medical conditions?

Alcohol is not used to treat medical conditions. One condition "Alcohol Withdrawal/ Delirium Tremens’ can be theoretically treated with alcohol.

But there are other ways to treat that without causing further health problems.

Alcohol has no real strong medical benefit.