Kudzu extract treatment does not increase the intoxicating effects of acute alcohol in human volunteers
Penetar DM
Published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Methodology
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study in healthy volunteers given kudzu extract or placebo before a standardised acute alcohol challenge, with subjective intoxication scales, postural stability and psychomotor testing.
Key Findings
Kudzu extract pretreatment did not increase subjective intoxication, nor did it worsen body sway or vigilance and reaction-time performance after an acute alcohol challenge, supporting its safety alongside alcohol.
Conclusions
Kudzu extract did not alter participants' subjective responses to the alcohol challenge or to alcohol's effects on stance stability or vigilance/reaction time.
Limitations
Very small sample (n=12), single acute alcohol challenge, healthy non-dependent volunteers, and a safety rather than efficacy endpoint.
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