N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a harmless (EDIT: please check at least https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylcysteine for possible side effects) compound which protects your liver, you can buy after searching like for 10 seconds

I ve been taking it for a week (1 pill, 600mg per day) before noticing that drinking doesn’t do anything. Went to a party, drank 3 pints of beer, one after another, with absolutely zero effect. Usually, just 1 pint is enough to get socially talkative, 3 pints of beer i am supposed to be very obviously drunk.

Another time, drank a third of a bottle of wine (at my place, so it cannot possibly be watered down), the only effect was nausea (which never happened before), again, zero drunk-ness effect.

Now, depending on people that anti-alcohol protection might be an advantage or drawback. I just found it interesting, so sharing here

Edit: as one comment points out: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30019966/

    • nullptr@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 years ago

      I am surprised how well that works! I was taking it for completely different reason, so totally unexpected

      • Eheran@lemmy.world
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        3 years ago

        This paper presents a rationale for investigating the use of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) to promote abstinence or reduce heavy alcohol consumption for patients with an alcohol use disorder, particularly in the presence of liver disease.

        No, that is not what the article is about. It is about reduced consumption.

        • nullptr@lemmy.worldOP
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          3 years ago

          NAC does protect the liver, that a fact. It’s also used to treat paracetamol overdose which otherwise, would kill the liver. I don’t know how to interpret that sentence you cited

  • whaleross@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    I eat a lot of paracetamol because longtime unwell. Would NAC benefit my liver from the hit it takes from paracetamol?

    • nullptr@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 years ago

      Not a doctor myself, so you shouldn’t base your decisions on my comment

      But from I understand, NAC protects you by blocking damaging components. I would say if you take paracetamol + NAC, one (the nac) will make the other(=paracetamol) useless. Can’t have a cake, and eat it too lol

  • megrania@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 years ago

    As some people have pointed out, it protects the liver, but from personal experience, I can’t confirm the “not getting drunk” part … so I’d be really cautious about blanket statements as the one in the title of this post.