2. Alcohol is a diuretic agent, which increases urine production by reducing water reabsorption. Normal rate of water reabsorption is about 124 ml/min. Assume that the effect of alcohol on water reabsorption (in ml/min) is given by the following equation.
reabsorption rate after alcohol consumption = 124 - 5* blood alcohol concentration (ml/L)
Assume that filtration in the kidney is not affected by alcohol. How much water should you drink to compensate for water loss after drinking one liter of wine (alcohol concentration 10% by volume)? Assume that all alcohol is immediately absorbed into the body and the volume of distribution for ethanol is 50 L. Also assume that alcohol is filtered in the kidney, but not reabsorbed. How long will it take before 99.9 % of alcohol is removed from the body? Does this time sound reasonable? How much excess urine is produced during this time?