• echeng
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Topic: Sobrietol

Sobrietol claims to be a product that reduces blood alcohol levels:

Sobrietol® is the only product that actually reduces blood alcohol levels. It was developed at the University of Georgia under a grant, in part, from the National Institutes of Health.

Sobrietol® was found to decrease the level of blood alcohol by 56% in independent tests as measured by Oregon State Troopers. The next day will be like you didn't drink at all!

Many products claim to eliminate hangovers. Only Sobrietol® is proven to remove alcohol from the body (and it's patent precludes other companies from copying the technology). Replenishing vitamins and nutrients is great but ridding your body of excess alcohol is the key when one has over consumed.

Their website is:
http://www.sobrietol.com
(Warning -- the website has audio that starts playing when it loads.)

There is actually an entire page dedicated to the "Asian Flush Reaction."

Q. How does taking Sobrietol® help?

A. Sobrietol® provides the critical enzyme required. It helps prevent the toxic buildup that causes Asian Flush.

But doctors on this board have said that ingesting ALDH2 doesn't work well (without a big simultaneous dose of Vitamin C) because your body breaks it down so fast.

Has anyone tried Sobrietol?

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  • Registered: 2008-06-23
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Re: Sobrietol

Just ordered some Sobrietol. I hope it will get here by the weekend so i can try it out. I will keep everyone posted....

  • echeng
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Re: Sobrietol

Here are a couple of articles about folks who did tests to see if Sobrietol works.

Does Sobrietol really work? We put it to the test

Everyone burns alcohol at a slightly different rate. But experts agree, the burn rate ranges from .010 g/10ml/hr to .025 g/100ml/hr.

The state Patrol analyzed all our data and found that the average burn rate for the volunteers who took Sobrietol was .019. That is on the high side of normal, but still well within the normal range.

We asked State Toxicologist Dr. Barry Logan to look at our results and comment on them.

"There are I think, some exaggerated claims about the product, that are certainly not supported by your tests,�  he said.

I asked Dr. Logan if the subjects in our test burned alcohol any faster than they normally would be expected to?

“No,"  he said. "There didn't seem to be any significant rate of increase in the rate of burn off in the subjects taking the Sobrietol."

Drink Yourself Sober found that Sobrietol did remove alcohol from testers' blood, but that there were some other effects that people might not like:

We did a two day test. One day of drinking with Sobrietol, and one without to see if the claims are true. Five volunteers, three bottles of booze, and a team of alcohol experts from various agencies helped us put Sobrietol through a non-scientific test...

For example, Shane started at a .05 the previous night. On Sobrietol, he had a .02. That is a drop of more than 50 percent. Jeremy had similar results, and our other three volunteers' blood alcohol levels dropped by about forty percent.

Our results were basically what he expected of his product. What Pratt didn't expect was our volunteers' reaction to the Sobrietol. It didn't go down well and it didn't sit well. Here is what the volunteers had to say during the test:

"It doesn't feel drunk. It just doesn't feel pleasant," and "I see vomit in our future."

That wasn't the only issue with Sobrietol...

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  • Registered: 2006-05-05
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Re: Sobrietol

Yikes. Sounds like this Sobrietol isn't what I'm looking for. From what I understand, it takes away the effect of being drunk (it's purpose) and doesn't sit well with everyone.

Anyhoo, please let us know how it goes when you get it, deftonez99!

Until then, I'm still waiting for Convivia to come out (if it ever does). http://echeng.com/asianblush/viewtopic.php?id=43

5 Reply by deftonez99 (edited by deftonez99 2008-07-03 11:37:10)

  • Registered: 2008-06-23
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Re: Sobrietol

So i tried sobrietol the other night, and honestly i dont think this product works like the company claims. One hour prior to drinking i took 40 mg of pepcid, and prior to walking into the bar i mixed one packet of sobrietol with some h20. Let me tell you this stuff tastes horrible!!! maybe next time i will mix it with some oj because in the future i will not be mixing it with water. I usually just drink beer when i go out but have never been able to drink more than three without experiencing symptoms associated with the flush which include drymouth, headaches, getting too full to drink anymore, and getting really really sleepy. I think the feeling of being full is associated with my body not breaking down the alcohol fast enough. So when i was at the bar i was only able to drink about three beers in a 1.5 hour period before experiencing the symptoms. So i then decided to try one more packet and wait 1 hour for some results. An hour passes and i still felt the same. I honestly think taking NAC does more for me then this stuff. In my opinion sobriteol is way too expensive and isnt effective as NAC. The good thing about all of this is that the company messed up and sent me 16 packets for the price of 8 so if anyone is interested in trying some email me andrewh316@gmail.com

  • Registered: 2006-05-05
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Hmm. Is there any way you can do like, a controlled experiment. Like drink by yourself or with friends to see how it works by itself? It might not have worked due to you mixing Pepcid with it.

I'd like to hear results of Sobrietol by itself..

  • Registered: 2008-07-06
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I have tried Sobrietol many times and find that it works very well in preventing hangover. The Pepcid side of the story is to neutralize stomach acid. The enzymes in Sobrietol do not last as long in the stomach if there is a lot of acid. The taste has improved from earlier versions I have found.

  • Registered: 2009-12-02
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It’s a powdery combination of fructose sugar, acids and enzymes. A chemical engineer from Georgia, Dr. David Whitmire came up with the formulation. The preparation in Sobrietol burns the alcohol for you,  It's like having a little prosthetic liver dumped in for a period of time.

  • Registered: 2010-04-02
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Besides reddening of the face, neck and shoulders, dizziness, itchiness, increased heart rate, low blood pressure, headache, hyperventilation, and nausea often occur. also typically occur with much lower levels of alcohol consumption.So pretty much you're still going to feel like shit the next morning.

  • Registered: 2010-05-12
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Sobrietol was found to decrease the level of blood alcohol by 56% in independent tests as measured by Oregon State Troopers. The next day will be like you didn't drink at all!

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Re: Sobrietol

Would be interested to hear from people whether this was able to totally eliminate their Asian flush.

12 Reply by ChrisBrad51 (edited by ChrisBrad51 2011-12-07 11:10:08)

  • Registered: 2010-08-01
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Re: Sobrietol

That's great...:)

Sobrietol is a very effective drug..

I have tried it and get the result...

Thanks all...

  • Registered: 2010-08-04
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Re: Sobrietol

aarenlainey wrote:

Besides reddening of the face, neck and shoulders, dizziness, itchiness, increased heart rate, low blood pressure, headache, hyperventilation, and nausea often occur. also typically occur with much lower levels of alcohol consumption.So pretty much you're still going to feel like shit the next morning.

I m agree with you and have same comment.

  • Registered: 2010-08-05
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It’s a powdery combination of fructose sugar, acids and enzymes.

  • Registered: 2010-07-29
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That's great!

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17 Reply by ronitkhan (edited by ronitkhan 2014-07-12 09:48:32)

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Re: Sobrietol

Sobrietol is a North American brand of nutritional supplement marketed as a remedy for hangovers and to prevent symptoms associated with alcohol flush reaction. The list of ingredients includes the enzymes quinoptotein alcohol dehydrogenase (QADH) and quinoprotein aldehyde dehydrogenase (QALDH) from Glucanobacter suboxydans or Acetobacter suboxydans or oxydans, either in purified form or as cell extracts, together with buffering agents and protectants designed to ensure that the enzymes remain biologically active after oral ingestion, and "a source of oxygen in an amount sufficient for the enzymes to metabolize ethanol after administration to a patient."[1] 

A 2008 controlled study of breath alcohol levels indicated significantly greater ethanol elimination in subjects given sobrietol vs. placebo.[2] Sobrietol has also been covered by a number of television news programs.[3][4][5][6] Sobrietol has not been evaluated for safety or efficacy by any regulatory agency, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the European Medicines Agency.