Experimental Drug "Caffeinol" Tested

dan.hunt writes "Two of my favorite things: Cafeine and Alcohol have been combined into a new medicine. 'The idea of mixing alcohol and caffeine was "serendipitous", Grotta told HealthScoutNews.' I am sure a lot of /. readers knew that Irish Coffee was good for you. I will mix two strong cups of coffee with one ounce or two of Irish Cream http://www.baileys.com/ and one ounce or two of Sambuca http://www.luxardo.it/ to get a taste for this medical research."

combined into a new medicine?

[Tumbleweed]

Medicine. Riiiiight.

Alternative energy.

[Anonymous Coward]

Methanol: Fuels some cars.
Caffeinol: Fuels IT personnel haunted by their decision to pursue the most mind-numbing [machall.com] profession on Earth.

Note:

[Lazyhound]

Use of this treatment is not authorized for patients under the age of 19 (21 in some states).

woah

[standsolid]

At first i looked at my watch

no... not april first

then i looked in my desk drawer

still haven't smoked my crack

wow! I can't wait to go to starbucks and see a new line of coffees... O'Reilly's special Blend ;p

Taste of your own medicine...

[Chris Brewer]

"one ounce or two of Sambuca to get a taste for this medical research."

Of course to some of us, Sambuca already tastes like medicine and doesn't need any caffiene to make it a wonder drug.

Liberal application increases desirability towards other subjects of the female pursuasion and generates an empowering feeling that the subject's self-choreography technique is beyond reproach.

Congratulations!

[Telecommando]

They've invented Kahlua!

Again.

I may be a horrible, pear shaped admin, but...

[Bearded Pear Shaped]

I don't need slashdot's help getting sh*t faced.

Excellent

[BrainInAJar]

"A caffeine and alcohol cocktail similar to an Irish coffee could prevent severe brain damage in stroke victims"

Excellent. I believe I shall preemptively protect myself from brain damage due to stroke... at 20... and healthy...

Re:Sounds crazy

[coryboehne]

Well, it almost makes sense.. I mean it is a medicine that treats a condition it causes :).. If you don't know what I mean, just go to a Denny's about the time the bars close... Every drunk in the house will be either a. Drinking Coffee, or b. puking up a combination of beer and coffee... So they obviously know something..

heh, psych! :)

Re:Red Bull and And Vodka

[vidnet]

For us ./'ers who aren't used to getting invited to parties, I think it would end the night rather quickly.

My favourite quote

[SolemnDragon]

Grotta's colleague Roger Strong was aware of the association between moderate use of alcohol and reduced stroke damage, "so we started fooling around with combinations of it with other things."

So they tried it with... other things. For example:

Aspirin

leftover chinese food

electric shock

tomato juice with tabasco

tabasco by itself- who knows?

tic-tacs, because that was what they found in the desk drawer

zinc, thinking maybe they could cure the common cold AND a stroke at the same time...

I'm making this list up myself, for amusement, because frankly, i'd like to see more of exactly how they got paid to do this research, and what else they tried on people to figure it out. I think that researchers should be required to publish their initial ideas along with how they came upon the idea... "so, we were sitting around one night getting hammered, and he looks at me and says, you know what? I bet this could cause cancer. "

and i said, "we aren't testing on cancer, just on strokes!"

And he hands me the bottle and sez, "so i bet this shtuff could cure stroke damage," and he passes out on the floor. I wrote it on the floor in magic marker and when we came to and got cleaned up, well, we tried it out..."

seriously, on the migraine note, a lot of pain meds now include caffeine, because it really does change how things work. Me, i go straight for imitrex, which at $20 a pill is still a bargain, because if somebody were to walk up to me and tell me they'd make my migraine vanish for $20, i'd say pretty please. The caffeine and regular NSAID approach doesn't work any more, alas... Now if they'd just find that this cure works on migraines, we'd be in business.