Earl Grey tea intoxication [pdf]

Re:Earl Grey tea intoxication [pdf] by dbbolton on Friday August 08, 2014 @07:11PM (#8155590)

Because the proposed mechanism has nothing to do with histamine or immune response. Such a K+ channel blocker should hypothetically have the same effect in the vast majority of the general population.

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Re:Earl Grey tea intoxication [pdf] by rbanffy on Friday August 08, 2014 @07:28PM (#8155650)

So, if I really like Earl Grey, what would be the antidote to the K+ channel blocker?

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Re:Earl Grey tea intoxication [pdf] by dbbolton on Friday August 08, 2014 @08:48PM (#8155869)

Hypothetically if a person did experience myalgia as a direct result of drinking Earl Grey tea and their proposed mechanism is accurate, the treatment would probably involve K+ channel opener with a lower K_d (higher affinity) than the culprit bergapten, perhaps Diazoxide.

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