A get-sober capsule? — Science News, November 18, 1972
Researchers on the Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital have been capable of cut back intoxication time in rats by administrating innocent chemical substances…. Injections of vitamin B3, and vitamin B5 with cystine, had been profitable… Glyceraldehyde, nevertheless, was efficient when ingested and sodium acetate (nonetheless untested orally) is predicted to be much more efficient.
Update
Inebriation and the dreaded hangover that follows nonetheless don’t have cures — however scientists haven’t stopped looking out. A compound within the seeds of Japanese raisin bushes appeared to fend off drunkenness in rats and sober them up (SN: 1/4/12), however follow-up analysis discovered no impact. Remedies which have labored in rodents haven’t but led to therapies for folks.
In July, an antihangover complement grew to become out there within the United Kingdom and should quickly seem in U.S. shops. The Swedish firm that makes this probiotic capsule, Myrkle (pronounced “miracle”), claims that it might probably break down 70 % of the alcohol in an individual’s system in a single hour. But the declare is predicated on a single research carried out by the corporate.