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m463 on May 14, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

disulfiram will do it ... in a more philosophical sense. also known as antabuse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram

(if you take it, you will get sick if you drink alcohol)

Personally, tequila works on me in a similar way when I smell it.

dbbk on May 14, 2024 [–]

Naltrexone is a good alternative to this that doesn't make you physically sick. It just dulls the effect to the point where you kinda just get bored of drinking.

petesergeant on May 15, 2024 | [–]

Also it’s half of the weight-loss drug Contrave, for similar reasons

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