Researchers at the University of California are experimenting with a new drug that would eliminate alcohol from the body in a few hours . The pill, released in the journal Nature Nanotechnology , has already achieved optimal results in laboratory mice. The drug is based on the combination of two complementary enzymes in a small capsule in order to accelerate the elimination of alcohol from the body. According to Yungefu Lu, lead author of the research, these two enzymes chemically alter alcohol in the stomach and process it in much the same way as the liver does, but much faster. In this way, they would act as an antidote to drunkenness, it would eliminate the toxic substances produced by alcohol and , in addition, they would prevent a hangover .
The researchers placed the enzymes in a polymer capsule that is a few nanometers thick – 100,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair. The nanocapsule manages to protect the enzymes while allowing them to access the alcohol molecules. The result is that blood alcohol levels after consuming beer or another alcoholic beverage and then taking the antidote drop by 15.8% in 45 minutes and 34.7% in three hours.
Researchers believe that this pill would completely eliminate the hangover that usually appears the day after the consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain amounts.
