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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.college
Subject: Re: Re: prevention of hangovers
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 13:28:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 13:28:25 1986
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Summary: 

In article <2181@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>	I have a book entitled 'The Hangover Handbook' (paperback) and it
>details several hundred ways claimed to prevent hangovers.  Of all of them
>listed, I prefer W.C. Field's approach:
>		"Keep Drinking"

I can testify that that one works, having once stayed drunk  (well,  tipsy)
for most of a week at the Munich Oktoberfest (the follies of my youth ...).

While we're on the subject, a biologist once told me hangover symptoms  are
primarily  caused  by  low  blood  sugar.  Based  on  that  I developed the
following cure which saved me much grief in my drinking days:

Upon waking with that "morning after the night before" feeling drink a  cup
of  sugar with a little coffee in it. (I exaggerate, but you get the idea).
Remember, it's medicine -- it's not supposed to taste good.  This will take
the  worst  edge off in about half an hour and allow you to proceed to step
two.

Step two is designed to keep your blood sugar up at a reasonable level  and
help  balance  your electrolytes.  Go to your favorite fast-food chain (you
probably don't feel much like cooking) and have a _large_  'burger,  _lots_
of  orange juice, and more coffee with sugar.  This should keep you feeling
vaguely human (as opposed to something like last week's  garbage)  and  get
you through to the next meal.  From there you're on your own.

I've also been told that two aspirin before retiring is a good  preventive,
but you have to be sober enough to remember to take them.

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