- Advise staying within these limits:
Maximum
Drinking Limits For healthy men up to age
65— - no more than 4 drinks
in a day AND
- no more than 14 drinks
in a week
For healthy women (and healthy
men over age 65)—
- no more than 3 drinks in a day AND
-
no more than 7 drinks in a week
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limits or abstinence as medically indicated; for example, for patients
who
- take medications that interact
with alcohol
- have a health condition exacerbated by
alcohol
- are pregnant (advise abstinence)
-
Express openness to talking about alcohol use and any concerns
it may raise
- Rescreen annually
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- Your patient is an at-risk drinker.
For a more complete picture of the drinking pattern, determine the weekly
average:
- Record
heavy drinking days in the past year and the weekly average in the patient's
chart (see page 27 for a downloadable baseline progress note).
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