Can taking a pill really stop you getting a hangover? There’s one way to find out …

Even at 30 a packet, the Myrkl pre-drinking' pill sold out before its UK launch. I spent four days finding out if it does indeed reduce the effects of alcohol

We tend to think of a hangover as the price of inebriation: a little bit of wellbeing borrowed from the future for the sake of a good time, at a cost to be confirmed in the morning. Studies show that commonly touted remedies - ginseng, Korean pear juice, prickly pear, clove extract - don't do anything, which feels like justice.

But what if a hangover cure really existed? What if you could drink too much and avoid the consequences? How would that affect your evening plans?