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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Newsweek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The pill is selling steadily in pharmacies across Russia, and it’s proving even more popular in the United States under the name of RU-21, where it’s been promoted as an invention of the KGB.
The official story behind Antipokhmelin’s arrival is more a case of the Waiting Game than of Spy vs. Spy.
Soldiers who took Antipokhmelin after consuming a half liter of vodka in an hour reported milder hangovers than those who had not.
www.spirit-sciences.com /newsweek.htm   (557 words)

  
 Hangover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some people argue that sleep only prolongs the negative effects of alcohol due to slower metabolism while asleep.
In 2003, a fad hangover cure was a Russian pill, sold in Russia as Antipokhmelin (Anti-Hangover), and marketed as RU-21 in the USA.
It is also known as the KGB pill due to its supposed use by the KGB to allow spies to keep a clear head while drinking.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hangover   (1648 words)

  
 Gateway To Russia - Article - `KGB Pill` Promises to Cure Hangovers
In a society where the fruits of scientific research were applied almost exclusively to the defense and security sectors, there is little doubt that KGB agents had access to pills similar to Antipokhmelin, Kashlinsky said.
But its use by the nomenklatura was much better documented, even earning it the nickname obkomovskaya tabletka, or "the pill for the regional committee." "It wasn't widely available," he said.
Currently, Antipokhmelin is selling steadily in stores across the country at 24 rubles (about 75 cents) for a six-pill pack.
www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_148119.php   (918 words)

  
 CTV.ca | KGB-designed pill promises end to hangovers
For those whose body isn't up to that job, the pill, called "antipokhmelin" -- Russian for anti-hangover -- is sold over the counter in Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Health claims one of its studies found that soldiers who took antipokhmelin after consuming a half liter of vodka in an hour reported milder hangovers than those who had not.
RU-21 is already all the rage in Hollywood, where actors say the pill helps them to make the most of the party circuit without the red eyes or headaches on the set the next morning.
ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1073157020663_29?hub=Health   (501 words)

  
 RU21 the true story
Antipokhmelin’s arrival is more a case of the Waiting Game than of Spy vs. Spy.
In 1972, in Pushchino, a small town south of Moscow, a young Soviet researcher named Yevgeny Mayevsky (sometimes translated as Evgeny Maevski or Evgenii Maevskii) developed a harmless compound, containing succinic acid, that seemed to eliminate hangovers.
Antipokhmelin costs around 10 roubles for 6 tablets and is the top selling hangover remedy in Russia.
www.ru-21uk.co.uk /story.html   (1042 words)

  
 The National Pist - KGB cures Hangover
Many RU-21 devotees take the pill daily, whether or not they’ve had anything to drink.
In Russia, a six-pill package of Antipokhmelin can be had for 24 rubles.
In America, however, where requests for the pills number in the tens of thousands each day, ru21.com will sell 12 packages of 20 pills for US$60.
www.pist.ca /article.php/13kgb   (500 words)

  
 Gateway To Russia report on RU21 KGB hangover treatment
has been on sale in Moscow supermarkets for the past three years under the name Antipokhmelin, or Anti-
Alyans, the company that produces and markets the pills in Russia, works with scientists and medical consultants at the Zdorovye Institute to develop long-
Currently, Antipokhmelin is selling steadily in stores across the country at 24 rubles (about 75 cents) for a six-
www.hangovermiracle.com /page8.html   (968 words)

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