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scoopmeister Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-15-06 11:20 PM
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Cheney's "long list" of meds and booze don't mix

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002791.html

Which is why it is so important to know whether Cheney was drinking last Saturday, when he shot and wounded 78-year-old acquaintance Harry Whittington while they were hunting quail.
Because there's a chance that even one beer would be bad for a man with Cheney's health history. Two of the most common types of treatments for heart-attack patients, ACE inhibitors and beta blockers, can cause dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision and impaired judgment in a patient that also drinks alcohol.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-15-06 11:23 PM
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1. Good point. Even one can be enough.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-15-06 11:33 PM
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2. That would explain a lot more than this incident. n/t
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