Scientists Find Cure For Hangovers

US scientists now believe the cure may actually lie in a prickly pear.

An extract from the skin of the plant was found in tests to ease the symptoms of a night of over-indulgence.

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This seems to be the real thing. This could help some enjoy spirits they would not have been able to otherwise. I know some people who get a headache from one beer.

Maybe the perveted judge could've used this

www.abovetopsecret.com...

I could have used some of this extract this morning - My head felt like a prickly pear...I wonder how much the stuff would cost.

The report I read said it cured 3 out of nine hangovers. Todays Buffalo News.

The study in the link above says it significantly reduces three of the nine symptoms of hangover.

Hey, a chance to reduce a hangover by 33% is a good deal. How about generating our own empirical evidence about this cure?

Be smart about drinking.

Drink lots of water.
Eat Cabage
Drink on a full stomach
Liqour before beer all clear; beer before liqour never sicker. . . Or is it the other way around?

Easy to lessen a hangover if you do a little before drinking.

I always see commercials on TV for hangover cure pills. Maybe they should just focus on cancer?

If I know I've drank too much I'll drink a lot of water before sleep, and maybe pop an aspirin, and all's well in the morning. I know that doesn't work for everyone though, so this is good if it can help people. Wonder how much money went into researching this - something that is totally preventable. lol

Hangovers are from lack of water. Alcohol is a diuretic. So to cure a hangover, dont drink black coffee (also a diuretic), just drink ALOT of water. Works for me.

Originally posted by zero_snaz

Liqour before beer all clear; beer before liqour never sicker. . . Or is it the other way around?

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Yeah, that's it, Liquor b4 beer never fear; beer b4 liquor never sicker.

I agree with JustAnIllusion, whenever I go out to the bar or out with the guys from work, I drink usually a quart of water and take two Motrins before I go to bed, and I wake up feeling fine. I also tend to adhere to the 'hard before beer, you're in the clear, beer before hard, you're puking in the yard' addage I picked up when I was in Australia.

I think that if someone wants a 33 per cent chance at not having a hangover, they should stop drinking like a retard and realize all the pissing you do in a night dehydrates you, maybe drink something OTHER THAN beer before you go to sleep. I don't think a 'hangover cure' will ever exist.

BTW--
BOHICA is an acronym we frequently use at my workplace. I was wondering if you username means the same.

Personally I believe that the best cure for a hangover is not to drink at all.. To excess that is.

Being Australian it is the image of a beer drinking truck driver that wears an acubra coming to mind. I can tell you it's far from that.

Although when I do hit the grog hard I rarely wake up with a hangover. It's sleep that I have deprived my body of!

I think it has alot to do with your genetic makeup, body size and tolerance that makes the awful morning after.

Try a glass of vegemite (a teaspoon in hot water) or another beer in the morning. As I have heard that Vitamin B is a major factor in remedying the hangover blues.

Originally posted by OzChris
Try a glass of vegemite (a teaspoon in hot water) or another beer in the morning. As I have heard that Vitamin B is a major factor in remedying the hangover blues.

We don't have vegemite in Amerika, and I don't know how many people here could stomach it. It's an acquired taste, kind of like musk sticks and a few other things I tried down there. I can't disagree with the B Vitamin idea though, B Vitamins are good for the body.

I've never tried any of the Hangover Cure pills, but friends of mine who have tell me they do zilch for a hangover.

I always found that drinking as much H20 as possible before bedding down, plus a few aspirin, usually makes a hangover a bit less unpleasant in the morning (or afternoon, depending on the retardation level achieved the night before). If it was a legendary night, sometimes ice pops and Gatorade seemed to help a bit more.

Best bet, as a few others have stated isssss... Don't get annihilated in the first place.

Your right Kaos.. You either like vegemite or you don't.. I was brought up on the stuff, and have it every morning on a bit of toast...

It makes you grow up big and strong and puts a rose in every cheeeeeeek...

Staple diet of the Australian Cricket team, The wallabies and the hockeyroos.

Chris

What does Vegemite taste like? (sorry, off topic...but always wanted to know what Vegemite tastes like ! )

I found in my college life that if you have a mild hangover (not kissing john) then it can all be solved by just finishing what you started the night before - keep on knocking 'em back until that headache goes away.

On the other hand, if you have a horrible hangover, utilize those vomit-free seconds to light up, if that's your kinda bag...But if it's not one of those perfectly waistable days, then ignore my advice and purchase a prickly pear farm and hire a few scientists to extract some juicy juice.

My two cents are always free...

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I found that some of those pills work, for me anyway. I use RU-21. Apparently the Russians tried to make a pill so the KGB agents wouldn't get drunk. The closet they came was a pill that helped hangovers. Works wonders for me. Google for more info, it's legit. The KGB part, I mean.

Another good cure for a hangover, sleeping on the bathroom floor, the cool tiles make everything better.

Originally posted by EnronOutrunHomerun
I found in my college life that if you have a mild hangover (not kissing john) then it can all be solved by just finishing what you started the night before - keep on knocking 'em back until that headache goes away.

Isn't that the point of becoming an alcoholic? Drinking in the morning to rid yourself of a hang over.

Originally posted by OzChris
Personally I believe that the best cure for a hangover is not to drink at all.. To excess that is.

And you call yourself Australian. Wait, you're Australian, what way does the water in your toliets flush down there. . .?

I've heard rumors of drinking a shot of olive oil before you start drinking - I never was brave enough to try it out. Pepto "Abismal" always works okay too...if you can stomach the stuff.

If this prickly pear stuff works, I can hardly wait! I have the worst hangovers, but I don't suffer nearly as much when I stick to Scotch on the rocks & nothing else., plus have a meal first to avoid nausea - & the more water I drink before, during & after, the less morning-after feeling.

Plus dissolving 2 Alka-Seltzer before bed & again in morning [lemon, not the original green death flavour] helps a lot. Vitamin B does squat for me, though others swear by it.

Vegemite's a yeast extract that contains various B complex vitamins. Salty-ish & you only need a little, very tasty!

But bring on that prickly pear elixir! [BTW, prickly pear's a noxious weed in Australia]