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No such thing as a hangover cure?


The best way to avoid a hangover is to drink in moderation and stay hydrated throughout the night. There is no "cure" for a hangover.
A team at the University of Pennsylvania examined eight remedies reputed to lessen or even cure the symptoms of a hangover, including such items as propranolol, fructose/glucose, prickly pear extracts and a yeast based product. The team also noted that very few studies have been done to test such remedies and even fewer have been reliably conducted. Their findings revealed why because there is no conclusive evidence that any of the tested remedies actually prevented or cured a hangover.
There are too many home remedies to test every one, but logic should reveal that if food items such as bananas, eggs and milkshakes acutally cured hangovers, people would have noticed by now. Feel free to try toast and honey, if you're so inclined, but it is best to avoid "the hair of the dog that bit you" and other home remedies in favor of good sense and self control to avoid a hangover.

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mathmonkey

12-31-2005 @9:17AM mathmonkey said... In college I learned that early hydration was the only thing that worked for me, (besides abstention). Before bed after a hard night I drank water pint-for-pint (or sometime halvsies if I was in the double digits). My drinking buddies thought I was nuts when I got up before 8a wanting to get breakfast.
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Vikki

12-31-2005 @11:05PM Vikki said... Alka Sletzer Morning Relief! Didn't beleive it 'til I tried it because it sounded too good to be true, but I was stuck in the car for 2 hours, hung over as could be, and this stuff had me up and going in about a half hour. Maybe it doesn't work as good every time, but it did the trick when I needed it!
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Road Pizza

1-01-2006 @8:18AM Road Pizza said... My Dad uses Gatorade to hydrate before drinking.



My college friends and I used to drink aspirin before drinking.
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