That “last one and we’re going” may make more sense than you think to eliminate the effects of alcohol.
The effects that the alcohol has in our body are well known and although we are dealing with a drug completely accepted by society, its excessive consumption could be fatal for the human being. It is true that on some occasions you will have heard of the myth that some spirits are good as home remedies, but the reality is that alcohol is never a good adventure companion, much less if you want to comply, for example, with the basic rules circulation for personal mobility vehicles. Now, a study claims that at least momentary effects of drunkenness can start to be reversed.
Countering the effects of a binge with a shot of cutting-edge science
The research has been published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism and shows how we could be facing a way to nip a binge in the bud. As is customary in scientific experimentation, the study participants have been mice and they are the ones who have shown how to be sober with a small dose of the hormone FGF21. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have found, it seems, one of the keys to being able to combat the symptoms of alcohol poisoning.
Drunk mice sober up after a hormone shot of #FGF21.@UTSWNews David Mangelsdorf, Steven Kliewer, Mihwa Choi
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This hormone occurs naturally in the liver and one of its main tasks turns out to be the processing of food, especially alcohol, since it has been shown that this is the main inducer in the creation of FGF21. At first, the study wanted compare to mice that had been created without the ability to produce FGF21 and conventional mice. After offering alcohol to specimens from both groups, it was observed that those who did not have the hormone prolonged their drunken period. Of course, to his surprise, give them a dose of FGF21the effects were reduced an hour and a half apart from the conventional group.
Since we are talking about research carried out on mice, it’s still early to ensure that the effects of the hormone in humans are similar to what has been observed. Steven Kliewer, author of the study, has assured the Gizmodo medium that:
Our studies suggest that FGF21 could be useful for the treatment of many patients who visit the emergency room with alcohol poisoning. An increase in care and vigilance would help both to prevent suffocation with their own vomits and to carry out a more rapid evaluation and treatment of other injuries.