Sniffing isopropyl alcohol may be a cheap and effective way to relieve nausea among emergency department patients, a recent study suggests.
Researchers from the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to test the efficacy of inhaled isopropyl alcohol for relieving nausea and pain versus placebo. The 80 patients enrolled in the study were randomly assigned to receive pads soaked with isopropyl alcohol (n=37) or a