Rumor Refutation：Can Mixing Alcohol with Sprite Really Prevent Getting Drunk?

To prevent getting drunk, the best way is to eat something before drinking alcohol. When there is food in the stomach, the contact between alcohol and the gastric mucosa will be slowed down, reducing the penetration and absorption of alcohol.

Since these methods to prevent getting drunk are unreliable, can I take antidote for alcohol to sober up?

In fact, there is no real antidote for alcohol. No drug can replace or accelerate the production of alcohol dehydrogenase. In other words, drugs cannot substitute for the body’s “digestion” of alcohol, meaning there is no true antidote for alcohol.

The reason why antidotes for alcohol make you feel better is that they contain diuretic, analgesic, and stimulant ingredients, which can slightly relieve post-alcoholic headaches, nausea, vomiting, and acid reflux sensations, or have a sedative effect.

More often, they provide a psychological comfort.If you rely excessively on antidotes for alcohol, on the one hand, you may let your guard down and drink excessively; on the other hand, if you take excessive doses in pursuit of an antidotal effect, it will also increase the burden on the liver.