Help! Need a hangover cure...

[breg]

Well, I did it up last night, and I'm feeling it today. Any good cures for a hang over?

By the way, I don't work til friday. I never drink on a work night
(We all know the best way to avoid hangovers is not to drink, but what fun is that?)

[Big'n slo]

Lots of water and greasy fast food....

I only drink on days that end in Y

[lopxtc]

Take a shot of whatever you were drinking last night.

Aaron

[Big'n slo]

"Hair of the dog...." eh?

[digitard]

Before you go to bed ... take 4 200mg Ibuprofrin and 2 500mg Tylenol and drink like 3 glasses of water (more if ya can)

The main cause of headaches is Dehydration while you sleep due to the alcohol ... so fill up on water and take some medicine and you should be kosher!

Nothing ya can do about the next day bathroom run though..lol

Dave

[breg]

If I was to take a drink of everything that I drank last night I'd be drunk all over again

the list is impressive:
Patron Silver (GooooooooD tequillia)
Guiness
jello shots
Bud Light
Long Islands.
Crown Royal Special Reserve

[LittMag]

WATER! Gatorade.

If you're feelin queezy some flat Coke (not pepsi) always helps.

[breg]

I'll have to remember the flat coke thing. One night I did something really stupid: I thoght it would be fun to drink a 12 pack of Triple Black. I was never so hung over. Water actually made me hurl.

[gimp]

I'm gonna have to disagree with digitard here, I dont think you should mix medicines when you've been drinking. The key to hangovers is preventive maintenance. Drink water before you go to sleep. I usually wake up at like 5 in the morning cause I gotta take a leak. I drink a butt load of water then, and then have some ibuprofen and go back to bed. By the time I wake up I'm doing allright.

[Ultimator]

All of the above are just urban myths. There's really nothing to cure a hangover, the reason you feel crappy is because there is still alcohol in your blood stream. The only way to get rid of it is by naturally disposing of it (peeing.) So the people who said drink a lot of water were sort of on the right track.

[Jazzman]

Originally posted by digitard
Before you go to bed ... take 4 200mg Ibuprofrin and 2 500mg Tylenol and drink like 3 glasses of water (more if ya can)

It's generally a bad idea to take painkillers while you're still drunk. It's real tough on the liver.

Lots and lots of water before, during, and after the bar.

A bloody mary first thing in the morning will take care of a lot of problems. Alcohol is a depressant, so when the effects wear off, your nervous system overcompensates and sends everything into high gear. That's why lights are too bright, voices too lound, and if you've hit it real hard, you get the shakes. So, a lil' hair of the dog subdues your nervous system, bringing everything into check. The tomato juice in the bloody mary contains a lot of anti-oxidants, which will help get rid of the free radicals in your system left over from breaking down the alcohol.

Don't forget "beer before hard, sleep in the yard, hard before beer, you're all clear."

Ah, college.

[punkncat]

I used to just drink a V8 the next morning.The first 15 mins are hell but after that you feel better.

[dave_p]

I used to just drink a V8 the next morning.The first 15 mins are hell but after that you feel better.

dang you beat me!
V8 without a doubt will at least help you feel quite a bit better.

[_Spork_1]

Originally posted by Jazzman



Don't forget "beer before hard, sleep in the yard, hard before beer, you're all clear."

Ah, college.

that's the worst ryhme ever

the real ones are

beer before liquir, you've never been sicker

liquier before beer, you're in the clear

and there's another one about the colors but i forgot it

[deathstalker]

Originally posted by Ultimator
...the reason you feel crappy is because there is still alcohol in your blood stream. The only way to get rid of it is by naturally disposing of it (peeing.) So the people who said drink a lot of water were sort of on the right track.

Nope; hangover effects are usually at their worst AFTER all the alcohol has been removed from your body by the liver. The reason you feel like crap is because of dehydration and the introduction of congeners in the body. Alcohol is a diuretic, which increases the removal of liquids in the body through urination. Alcohol is very bad at replenishing liquids in the body and this is why you should not drink alcohol in very hot weather. Congeners are produced as part of the fermentation process, and it's very true that some types of alcohol cause worse hangovers than others.

I take a nice fat multi-vitamin (mainly for vitamin B) and at least 32 ounces of water before I pass out after drinking. The only time I get a hangover is when I REALLY overdo it.

You should NEVER take ibuprofen (Advil), acetaminophen (Tylenol), or any other pain killer, even aspirin, when drinking because you might damage your liver or cause internal bleeding. There is also some scientific evidence to back up the "hair of the dog." Because the congeners in your system are causing your hangover, introducing some ethanol (alcohol) helps ease your headache because it helps to neutralize the congeners. All you're really doing is prolonging your hangover, but it won't be as harsh.

When I was getting my psych degree, I came across quite a bit of research dealing with substance abuse and the effects of alcohol were just a few of the things I researched. There are quite a few facts out there if you look and some of them do support some of the urban myths out there.

For example, if you plan to drink a lot, make sure you do it on a full stomach. Most people will agree, but they're usually wrong as to why this works. When you have food in your stomach, the sphincter in your stomach (yes, you have more than one!) closes in order to allow the food to digest. Drinking with food in your stomach allows the alcohol to also remain in your stomach for a longer period of time. The enzymes in your stomach work to neutralize the alcohol.

When I was in college, people thought I researched this stuff because I partied too much, but I hardly drank then. I did most of my drinking in high school.