Hangover Cures

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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:23 pm

Ok it's World Hangover Day, so let's have your cure. I've heard everything from eating eggs, drinking lots of water, to taking specific vitamins the night you're drinking.

Anyone have one that works for them?

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:29 pm

I think the most effective are always based on a combination of water to rehydrate, and sugar to top up energy.

In other words, a sweet drink like Powerade, Cola, Lemonade etc should do the trick.

I like Lucozade original. I believe the jocks swear by IRN BRU.

419Eater Admin Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 7469

I'd be fine so long as someone unscrews this vice from my head...

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:44 pm

Nothing with caffeine. Caffeine is a diuretic and increases one of the symptoms of a hangover (dehydration). A drink that'll replace water and lost salts, along with 2 painkillers is best I find.

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:46 pm

I have allways sworn by a big drink of cordial before drinking, at the end of drinking and again when you wake up the next day.

As Mugatu says the combination of water to rehydrate and, glucose to feed your aching brain and the sugar to give you energy.

Of course other pain relievers may be required if the first 2 doses were missed.

More of a preventative than a cure, but it should still help to get your body back on track.

If you are really crook keep taking small sips of cordial to avoid losing any more fluid.

For those enjoying warm weather Cool

I recommend a morning swim as well, but please dont drown or leave anything in the pool Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:47 pm

^^^ Aye wayne, A friend of mine drinks Vodka and Gatorade.. Never has a hangover.

I prefer a large amount of water before turning in - a quart or so. Usually works for me.

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Just stay pissed!

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:16 pm

Cheers to bombardier Very Happy

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I was surprised to hear that people had stopped drinking Shocked

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:26 pm

I'm waiting for KD to arrive Cool

More than likely KD would state something along the lines of 'Remember last time? Don't drink as much next time and stay hydrated ' Smile

Reprob8 probably would prescribe four fingers of Laphroaig and a double Vicodin chaser Laughing

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:23 pm

several real good bloody marys normally does the trick.

then hold out for a nice hot curry and a few lagers.that should sort you
out just fine.

best of luck

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:23 pm

^^ hold the vicodin, but the rest is what I use

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:32 pm

SWMBO swears that the best option is prevention rather than cure. She uses a natural remedy available from any Health food shop Milk Thistle. She takes two before we go partying, and has a clear head in the morning...me? Well I will give you a clue, MY HEAD HURTS and would someone PLEASE quieten this keyboard!!!

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:49 pm

Prevention is the key rather than cure.... you should have asked this yesterday Wink

I swear by a B-Complex vitamin. I am not talking about your average daily multi vitamin that has B-12 and B-6 in it, but a specific separate pill that is B-complex only. Take it as you are walking out the door to go drinking. Make sure you get plenty of water while you are drinking and no hangover.

Warning - the B-complex will turn your urine a very odd shade of yellow! Not to worry this is normal.

Also stay away from red wine and brown liquor. They give more hangovers. Vodka/clear liquor is your friend.

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:54 pm

Don't drink. Very Happy

Not quite a Newb Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 76

It seems im either immune to hangovers or don't drink enough, what seems to work for me is puking before you sleep or stop drinking then stay awake for another few hours. Or

419weasel wrote:

Don't drink. Very Happy

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Froz and Weasel have the ideas- if you're going to drink, down a bunch of water before going to bed. The hangover headache is caused by dehydration.

Weasel's approach works best, though. Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:54 pm

The trouble with hangover "cures" is that the hangover is the symptom of the damage you've already done. The best you can do if you've already got a hangover is to drink water and fruit juice and wait for your body to recover.

In order to stop yourself getting a hangover in the first place (without staying sober), it helps to understand why you get them. As mentioned, dehydration is the main problem here. Alcohol is a major diuretic, and your brain is mostly water. Therefore, drinking lots of alcohol makes your brain shrivel up, and your head hurt. Nice, eh? To stop this happening, you've got to replace the water you lost while drinking. I generally have 1 pint of water for every time I went to the toilet during the evening, then take another to bed with me. Waiting until you sober up before you go to bed is good, too.

The run down feeling you get when you've got a hangover is caused by low blood sugar. This can be prevented by drinking fruit juice and eating before you go to bed.

Another handy hint is to have something fatty before you start drinking. Alcohol can be absorbed into your blood stream through your stomach lining, so having fat in your stomach can prevent absorption at this point (since alcohol isn't fat soluble). Easy ways of doing this include drinking milk or eating cheese.

Or just have soft drinks, it's up to you.

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:54 pm

Seven of Nine wrote:

... More than likely KD would state something along the lines of 'Remember last time? Don't drink as much next time and stay hydrated' ...

Actually my first thought was

419weasel wrote:

Don't drink. Very Happy

but since I'm in a happy but not charitable mood today, I'll say: "just suffer - it's your own goddam fault." Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:11 pm

found another cure

big bottle of irun bru,that does the trick.

Wink

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:24 am

Serrano peppers, and Versed. Admisitered by a certified ansetheologist. Isoflourane if bad hangover. May as well get that appendix out why your're there.

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

5 tablespoons of brown sauce before you go out - you will find you "cant" get drunk for ages - then you can keep drinking till the day after tomorrow so your hang over wont be tomorrow it will be the next day Smile

But a pint of water before bed, some small sips of water the next day and you shouldnt be dehydrated to get a hangover Smile

Edit: And remember when you go to pee, its like pringles and virgins - when you pop em you cant stop em.

Edit #2 why does widdle become passport?

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:14 am

2 Centrum (aussie multivitamins) before you walk out the door.
At least half a litre of water before you go to bed.

If you still have a hangover - go the 'painkiller sandwhich'. 3 Asproclears in a bottle of Gator/Power/Lucazade Cool

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Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Wish this thread had been posted earlier.
Like before Hogmanay

Dont mix your drinks. Wise advice

Dont overdo the drink. Even wiser

The trouble in Scotland is its traditional for everyone to have their "carryoot bottle" and offer everyone a drink so it gets like that Chumbawunga song you take whisky drink , you take a vodka drink, then another whisky drink, then some wine, then a stange unidentified drink......then it's back to the hoose and first footers arrive so rinse and repeat
and then spend the next day in bed sipping Irn Bru and swallowing milk thistle

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:56 pm

If I have the presence of mind after a good drink. A couple of paracetamol before I go to bed always does the trick.

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:22 pm

Expresso, Lavazza (Italian coffee) if I can get it.
LINKY

The diruetic thing is an urban myth, you ingest more liquid that you wee out.