New Year's Day Open Thread
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“No compelling evidence exists to suggest that any conventional or complementary intervention is effective for preventing or treating alcohol hangover."-British Medical Journal, 2005,
Sometimes, you just have to suffer through the hangover.
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As the saying goes, the only cure for a hangover is 48 hours....
Posted by: MikeM | Jan 1, 2008 8:40:15 PM
Hair of the dog. Wake up and drink. Not that its a good idea but it does work in delaying the pain. Though drinking lots of water and eating saolty food helps as you bite
Posted by: Robert | Jan 1, 2008 8:43:09 PM
The trouble with hair of the dog is that an even bigger dog often bites you the next day.
Posted by: Bob Morris | Jan 1, 2008 8:45:49 PM
There is no cure, but mild symptoms are treatable. Aspirin and water are good for the head if your stomach can tolerate them. Angostura Bitters and soda is helpful in settling the stomach.
Posted by: albrt | Jan 1, 2008 8:51:20 PM
You are referring to the mortgage situation, aren't you? ;)
Posted by: Troy Roberts | Jan 1, 2008 8:51:28 PM
drink gatorade to rehydrate and go back to bed. if it's a thursday night and you've got to be up early on friday, drink a BIG gatorade and it's money in the bank you'll get out of bed at a bare minimum to take a leak...you might even stumble to work :)
Posted by: dcm | Jan 1, 2008 9:16:23 PM
There is no problem. The Fed never takes away the punch bowl anymore....
Posted by: lurker | Jan 1, 2008 9:25:10 PM
Lots of water before you hit the hay helps. If you don't mind getting up a couple of times during the night to pee.
I find ibuprofen helps.
Posted by: Mark Hessel | Jan 1, 2008 9:33:21 PM
Personally, I am a big fan of menudo (the mexican soup, not the band). Taking Advil before you hit the hay also helps a lot...
Posted by: Armchair Fed | Jan 1, 2008 9:43:52 PM
My cousin taught me about Goody's Medicated Powder, you rip open a packet and shake it under your tongue.
He brings me a box whenever he visits from Florida; can't buy Goody's in the Boston area. It's a combination of aspirin, acetomophin (tylenol) and caffeine in powdered form...
Oh, yeah, you then rinse and swallow with a beer...
Posted by: wnsrfr | Jan 1, 2008 9:44:37 PM
When I was in the military we would take 500mg of aspirin and then give ourselves an IV. It is the quickest way to recover from a hangover.
Posted by: Will | Jan 1, 2008 9:55:16 PM
Getting hammered is no fun.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius | Jan 1, 2008 9:57:44 PM
Hey, I know this hasn't been said yet, but the old wives' remedy of a fried egg on a hamburger steak has always worked for me. That and Campari and soda.
Posted by: Chris | Jan 1, 2008 10:08:01 PM
albrt, Angostura Bitters is 40 proof. Same as a hair of le dog.
A champaigne breakfast works for me.
Posted by: Ross | Jan 1, 2008 10:08:27 PM
I just try to drink good single malt scotch whenever possible ...don't know why, but I've never had a hangover from it.
Posted by: NoFate | Jan 1, 2008 10:13:02 PM
First and foremost a hangover is about dehydration.
Drink lots and lots of water or gatorade, and take two or three aspirin.
Don't eat solid food until you are well on the road to recovery.
Posted by: mock turtle | Jan 1, 2008 10:15:59 PM
Per my father, a pharmacist his entire adult life, Aspirin is the last thing you need the day after a bender.
Tylenol is toxic to your liver. And, if you're a heavy drinker, tylenol has better than even odds of contributing to liver failure if you use it regularly and drink regularly.
I too am feeling like crap today, but Coffee and Gatorade (or any other electrolye and caffeine combo) have helped tremendously.
Don't mess with Aspirin. I have heard real honest-to-god non-anecdotal stories of people who didn't know they were allergic suffering immediate, irreversible liver failure due to combining booze and Tylenol.
PSA off.
Posted by: Byno | Jan 1, 2008 11:02:33 PM
First and foremost a hangover is about dehydration.
Drink lots and lots of water or gatorade, and take two or three aspirin.
Don't eat solid food until you are well on the road to recovery.
Posted by: mock turtle | Jan 1, 2008 10:15:59 PM
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little more than just dehydration....
Posted by: rickrude | Jan 1, 2008 11:10:38 PM
jump in the pacific ocean circa san francisco. your hangover will be gone and you will be very awake.
Posted by: Brian Fox | Jan 1, 2008 11:14:38 PM
It think you'll find that dehydration is a major part of the problem. Check out the symptoms of dehydration outside the low urine output since your body is using water to dilute the alcohol remnants.
I've found that drinking water throughout the night as well as a large amount right before turning in really limits or avoids the suffering the next day. Also, eating proteins (steak) and fats (cheese) rather then carbs (skip the potato and bread) will slow the effects of the alcohol and moderate the suffering the next day.
Posted by: JKB | Jan 1, 2008 11:39:41 PM
why do i not have a hangover?
Posted by: Bob A | Jan 1, 2008 11:43:02 PM
You can only treat the symptoms:
As was said above, coffee, ibuprofen and lots of liquids with electrolytes (Gatorade, vitamin water etc.) should help.
Prevention has been known to work, but subject compliance to this form of therapy is remarkably low. :-D
Posted by: Francois | Jan 1, 2008 11:45:37 PM
Here's a novel idea. How about having a little restraint and not drinking to excess? Silly, I know, to think that adults might be able to control themselves but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway ;)
Posted by: Mike G. | Jan 2, 2008 12:09:46 AM
Drink less of those alcoholic beverages and do other things that can be fun. You can use your imagination on this. Plan a little beyond drinking. Be creative, but drink less. Be coherent enough to create a lasting memory of happiness that you will actually remember fondly instead of pain. That sounds like a plan to me.
Posted by: Elvis Manning | Jan 2, 2008 12:27:01 AM
It's been twenty years since I've had anything to drink(thank you God for forcing that choice on me) but I seem to remember that the worst hangovers are caused more by the sugary alcoholic drinks(rum and coke, vodka and OJ). So if you skip the sweet stuff you'll be less likely to have the throb in the morning
I just don't drink. It is the best cure for a hangover. My highs all come from being glad to live another day and knowing I have a purpose for being on this planet
Posted by: DavidB | Jan 2, 2008 1:02:32 AM
