What is the best way to get over a terrible hangover?

Answer 1

Avoiding hangoversHangovers are caused to some degree by congeners, which are natural byproducts of alcohol fermentation and give many types of alcohol their flavor. Alcoholic drinks like brandy and red wine contain more conogers than white wine and vodka. Darker ale gives you a worse hangover than lighter beers, because they tend to have more conogers and impurities. The congeners can cause nausea and constrict blood vessels which cause headaches. The prickly pear juice cancels out the effects of congeners.

The simplest way to avoid a hangover is don't drink. The next simplest is don't ever drink to excess.

If consuming alcohol it's a good idea to drink lots of water after you finish drinking. Alcohol dehydrates the body and causes headaches. Also, drinking prickly pear juice, which tastes much like watermelon, a few hours before you start drinking is said by some to help prevent them.

Better quality spirits tend to have fewer impurities, one of the major causes of hangovers.

There are currently 32 alleged hangover remedies being sold in the U.S. Chaser, Rebound, and similar brands are widely advertised and sales are growing rapidly. Most products are made of so-called natural substances and escape regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Therefore consumers have no guarantee as to the purity, contents, strength, or quality of these products.

But more important is the fact that these products have not been able to demonstrate that they actually prevent or even reduce hangovers. This is clearly a case of buyer beware.

Another serious problem with these alleged hangover remedies is that they may encourage people to drink more than they should. Excessive alcohol consumption is harmful to health and is often associated with undesirable social outcomes. Think of a hangover as nature's way of telling us that we consumed too much.

Answer 2

Everyone is going to have their own particular "best way" to describe to you. This is mine:

1. When you are going to stop drinking and pass out, go to the bathroom and make yourself throw up. This will get the alcohol in your stomach that you haven't absorbed yet out.

2. If you can, drink a glass of water and take a couple of vitamin C pills. You may substitute a glass of Gatorade or equivalent.

3. Pass out.

4. Upon waking, take two painkillers, preferably ibuprofen or some other non-aspirin headache reliever. Take with more Gatorade or the equivalent.

5. Remain in bed, moan softly, sip Gatorade from time to time, and if you can go back to sleep, do so.

6. At some point, like if you can't sleep, or if you wake up again, try and have a couple of pieces of bread, or other mellow food that won't make you sick. More Gatorade with a couple of more painkillers and vitamin C will help, too.

That and time will get rid of the hangover. And sorry to say, it will mainly be the time, not the remedy. The remedy is only an "assist".

Oh, and so you know, "the hair of the dog that bit you" is not a cure. Drinking more alcohol is the complete opposite of what you should do. And most people find coffee distressing, too, though caffeine can help with some headaches.

Answer 3

There are various methods but a few that many people find work is cold Pizza, coke, gingseng, a hot bath chocolate milk and many other things.