Ashley Matt

26 minutes ago, StringJunky said:

Maybe you could spin something from this.

Thank you StringJunky for the note.  This could prove useful. 

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