Full English Breakfast

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 12:01, Ghetta Life wrote:
> Hmmm.  I've always thought that the best hangover prevention (besides 
> moderation) was plenty of water along side of those drinks.  Flushing away 
> those toxins in the booze along with re-hydration will reduce the hangover, 
> which is best practiced before going to sleep, and ideally by a good gulp of 
> water between drinks.  Your cure is more of a cover-up of the hangover's 
> symptoms, especially the antihistamine part which both reduces the alergic 
> reaction side of the hangover and causes sleepiness.  If one has the luxury 
> of sleeping through a hangover, that is ideal.  Usually I have to work 
> through any hangover that's got me in its grips.  In that case I usually try 
> a course of both sweating it out through aerobics and a steam room followed 
> by LOTS of water.

I think your approach is sound enough. The one ingredient of my triple
whammy I WOULD add to it is a decongestant such as Sudafed
(pseudoepederine). Seems to me, though I haven't checked this out in the
literature, that hangovers are a lot like nasal sinus allergies in the
way they cause painful pressure in the nasal area, which is the main
thing Sudafed is sold for. 

The anithistamine is good if you can go to sleep and don't have to be
alert. Sudafed without the antihistamine makes it harder to fall asleep.

Good drinking and to hell with moderation.



> Ghetta
> 
> >From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
> >
> >I'm constantly amazed as to how few people are aware of the magic
> >hangover and hangover prevention medicine that is or was marketed in the
> >U.S. as Dristan. It's a combination of antihistamine, decongestant and
> >analgesic. It makes you sleep like a babe and wake up refreshed as can
> >be.
> >
> >For some reason the original product doesn't seem to be available
> >anymore in our local drug stores (perhaps it killed a few people) but
> >one can easily combine for oneself the three essential ingredients.
> 
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