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if one consumed 8 glasses of wine on a wednesday night before 11pm would alcohol be detectable in the urine on friday at 11am?

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April 24 11:03 AM (17 minutes and 28 seconds later)
         
what circumstances would make detection possible after this time period? What about possible detection by friday morning?
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There are a number of possible circumstances: The size of the drinks is the biggest variable. One "glass" or wine - varies in size from place to place.

Slight variation between individuals in the metabolism of alcohol.

ALSO...I misread the question: I was thinking you were asking about being checked the NEXT morning at 11 AM.

By Friday - NO, the alcohol would be metabolized.

There are some other tests that can be done which detect recent alcohol consumption for longer time periods - up to 4-5 days.

Ethyl sulphate: a direct ethanol metabolite reflecting recent alcohol consumption
(Detected up to 36 hours)

If being completely free of alcohol (for example as a condition of parole) - you need to NOT consume any alcohol, because of the development of these other tests which can detect alcohol use long after the BAC had dropped to zero.

Edited by Family Physician on April 24 2007 at 11:25 AM

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