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"product is the first pre-drinking hangover pill ever to reach the market" Anyone remember the product Chaser? It worked, but it took a lot of the fun out of
by rapjr9 4y ago
"product is the first pre-drinking hangover pill ever to reach the market"
Anyone remember the product Chaser? It worked, but it took a lot of the fun out of drinking which led people to drink more. I never was able to learn why it was taken off the market (maybe because it made people drink more?). There was another product also, RU-21, which I tried and also worked to some extent but made me feel weird (I think mainly a long lasting unusual sweet taste in the mouth) so I didn't use it.
It would be interesting to know what the breakdown products of alcohol+Myrkl are, acetaldehyde is the intermediate breakdown product that causes problems in the liver. If Myrkl breaks down alcohol in the same way it may cause just as much damage, even if it clears peoples heads faster. If it prevents acetaldehyde from reaching the liver it could possibly improve health. These articles are interesting:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/19093373/doctor-truth-new-hangover-miracle-cure-myrkl/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/19093373/doctor-truth-new-ha...
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/myrkl-hangover-pill-works-where-084041210.html https://uk.news.yahoo.com/myrkl-hangover-pill-works-where-08...
They suggest the alcohol is broken down in the gut so it never reaches the liver and the breakdown products are water and CO2. It may cause the alcohol to create less of a high though, leading people to drink more (though if a percentage of that alcohol is also broken down before reaching the liver maybe the overall effect on health is still good?) I wonder if it would work as a "get sober faster" pill?
I wonder how long the bacteria persists, could it become permanently entrenched? Does it mess with the microbiome?
- yummypaint 4y agoTurning alcohol into CO2 + water is pretty exothermic. If this is happening in the stomach to a large amount of alcohol quickly it seems like burns might be a concern.