Hi Science Forum friends,
I'm Ashley, an independent feature film producer, director and writer. I'm making my third feature film that involves a chemical engineer turned spy who is trying to evade assassination (she's expecting to be taken out by a nerve agent). Sounds dramatic, I know - but I suppose noir psychological spy thrillers should be a bit dramatic, right?
As it stands I've written some material that sees my spy collecting drugs from a pharmacy, including naloxone, to mix with an unidentified chemical compound given to her by her spy ring leader. The idea is she administers the cocktail to herself (dropping a few drops in her coffee every day) as a method of blocking the attack (she doesn't know when it will happen). I'm no chemical engineer and I'm not sure there is even such a possibility.
I wonder if the beautiful hive mind of scienceforums.net would be able to help me understand this, or guide me in a somewhat plausible direction. Like which over the counter drugs, mixed or unmixed, could act as a nerve agent (let's say like Novichok) blocker - something that could be taken in advance. Further to that, how would you mix them to create the blocker.
A tall order I'm sure...but I'm curious. I'd like to meet science halfway in my drama - to at least make an attempt at realism.
Thank you everyone for your time and consideration. It means a lot to this indie movie maker!
Ashley
