Pickle juice, tripe soup, prickly pear, Alka Seltzer, vitamins B6 and B12, a Bloody Mary, a bacon-egg-and-cheese, sports drinks, copious amounts of water, hair of the dog... researchers from the land that brought you Scotch have just made a major breakthrough.
We first noticed this intriguing bit of information in our Harper's Weekly update this morning and tracked the story to The Times of India.
Scottish scientists have invented a "chemical cleaner" said to cure binge drinking's morning after pains, headaches, shaking and nausea. It's called, Bridion.
The new molecule works by forming a ring around the unwanted chemical, rendering it ineffective within three minutes, the time it takes the blood to circulate round the body. It is then excreted naturally, reports the Scotsman.
It’s possible future treatments could also include removing alcohol from the bloodstream quickly from people who have drunk too much.
Bridion works specifically on the commonly used muscle relaxants, Rocuronium and Vecuronium, used to keep patients extremely still during major surgery such as hip operations.
It may also be helpful in the drug overdose department.
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