If alcohol is so effective at killing bacteria/viruses, why isn’t it used more often in medication?

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Alcohol is very useful to disinfect surfaces. But if you take alcohol orally (ethanol) your liver will filter it out, and if you take enough of it you’ll get alcohol poisoning. If you inject if you’re also going to get poisoned due to changing your blood’s pH. Essentially you end up dead before the infection kills you.