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How does Chlorphenamine Maleate react with alcohol and would taking both affect a police breathalyser?
I had two pints of 4% lager and then two teaspoons of Piriton syrup and 5 minutes later was stopped by the police and breathalysed. I failed the roadside breath test and at the police station my reading was 68 as opposed to the legal limit of 35.On release 3 hours later I was taken back to my car,breathalysed again and the result was totally clear.I have obviously been charged with drink driving and need to know if the drugs in the Piriton can react with alcohol to produce a false? reading
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- 2 decades agoFavorite Answer
OK, Chlorphenamine Maleate, is an antihistamine, normally used for allergy from pollen or sinusitis. This is not to be taken with alcohol as it may cause drowsiness. It will not increase any alcohol change in a breathalyzer. A breathalyzer estimates BAC indirectly by measuring the amount of alcohol in one's breath. Three technologies are in use: evidentiary machines, used by police forces, which generally utilize infrared spectrophotometer technology; less accurate hand-held electrochemical fuel cell-based instruments, used by officers in the field and commonly called PBT (preliminary breath test) or PAS (preliminary alcohol screening); and semiconductor oxide based testers, cheapest and least reliable but becoming increasingly popular for personal and professional testing applications.
