Does "Lifeline" etc tabs work for preventing hangovers?

PullMyFinger!

Or are there better alternative vitamins out there?


*hates hangovers*

Mrs_Doyle

Yep, they work for me - BUT - every now I then they give me a terrible sore throat, which I think is because of the charcoal in them. (although I can't be sure)

Hail 2 Da Chimp

My bro stole them so i dont know

Miss Fluff

I find RESOLVE sachets really good. Contain paracetamol and vitamins and works wonders

The Bollox

just drink a sh*t load of water before going to bed, works for me. I have only had 3 hangovers in my life

Hellm0

Forget all that, just keep drinking the next morning, gets rid of even the worst hangovers.

Ruu_Old

Marts wrote:

just drink a sh*t load of water before going to bed, works for me. I have only had 3 hangovers in my life

What he said, I doubt any of these tablets are going to work for you.

drunkenfool

that water thing never worked for me

The Bollox

drunkenfool wrote:

that water thing never worked for me

are you sure it was water? are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?*

*nothing being neat vodka

monkeyfudge

There are plans to make alcohol that has no negative side effects, pills have also been developed that can sober up a baboon in just 5 minutes... although a side effect is violent seizures... but they'll iron out those little problems in time I'm sure.

Tobias Greeshman

I take it these are these magic anti-hangover tablets out now. Well from what I heard they do nothing more than postpone the inevitable hangover for a few hours, so it hits you at midday instead at 8 that morning.

I just go for the pint of water before bed, sorts me right out.

Fraggle Rocks

none of ye bastards have to suffer like me and the OP

wailers_irl

The best thing in the world for hangovers is a supplement called chorella. Its basically an algae (pond scum!). You can get it from any health food shop for about €16 a bottle each, which is 10 doses. You take them before you start drinking and it helps your liver procces the toxins alot quicker. So €1.60 for a clear head the next day!!! These actually works, me and my mates have been taking them for the last couple of months and its great!!!

Giblet

Drink a glass of water with each pint. Easy. Take an anadin before bed aswell.

Zapp Brannigan

monkeyfudge wrote:

There are plans to make alcohol that has no negative side effects, pills have also been developed that can sober up a baboon in just 5 minutes... although a side effect is violent seizures... but they'll iron out those little problems in time I'm sure.

You're tolkien rubbish!

See what I did there?

EDIT: On the water thing. Powerade or any isotonic sports drink is better because it will rehydrate your body quicker.

The Bollox

Giblet wrote:

Drink a glass of water with each pint

you can't do that, all yer mates will be bringing your sexuality into question if you drink water in the pub

netwhizkid

Drink a litre of water before going to bed and you will be as fresh as a daisy the next morning.

It definitely helps.

Fraggle Rocks

netwhizkid wrote:

Drink a litre of water before going to bed and you will be as fresh as a daisy the next morning.

Not if you suffer from bad hangovers you won't.

monkeyfudge

Slurms wrote:

You're tolkien rubbish!

Oh I'm tolkien the truth!

issue 2560 of New Scientist magazine, 15 July 2006, page 30 wrote:

Although the alcohol-brain interaction is not completely understood, it is widely believed that ethanol, booze's active ingredient, is a general inhibitor of brain activity. It does this both by damping down excitatory circuits and firing up inhibitory ones. Most researchers agree that a big part of alcohol's effect - most importantly, the feel-good factor - is probably mediated through the latter mechanism, via brain receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), the brain's universal inhibitory signalling molecule.

There are many different flavours of GABA receptor, found in various combinations throughout the brain. Crucially, different types seem to be associated with different alcohol effects. For instance, the 1 subtype seems to be responsible for that woozy, sedated feeling, while the 2s calm us down; 5s, meanwhile, may be behind a number of negative effects, including memory loss, motor impairment and "reinforcement" - that hankering to follow your first drink with another, and then another. Alcohol researchers still don't have the complete picture but they expect to find many more specific links between receptor type and alcohol's effects.

“It should be possible to design drugs that block alcohol's undesirable effects”

Nutt and others believe this means it will be possible to develop drugs that selectively block alcohol's undesirable effects while leaving the desirable ones alone. For instance, a molecule that prevents alcohol from binding to 5 subunits might just stop us from getting clumsy and drowsy, and may even make it easier to know when to call it a night. In fact, neuropsychopharmacologist Harry June at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore has already tested just such a compound in rats. He's also working on compounds that extinguish some of the euphoric effects of alcohol, which he says might some day be useful in helping alcoholics stay sober. Nutt, meanwhile, is testing 5 blockers as memory preservers, with promising results. Using a drug originally developed to enhance memory in older people, he was able to preserve memory in drunken human volunteers. Apply that logic elsewhere - to the GABA subunits that are presumably linked with aggression, loss of judgement or addiction, for example - and we would be well on our way to a safer tipple.

Giblet

Marts wrote:

you can't do that, all yer mates will be bringing your sexuality into question if you drink water in the pub

Say it's old spice.

Zapp Brannigan

Ok that would be pretty cool!

InFront

I have a friend who went on a bender with some guys from his hometown last Christmas 2 days before the college exams, he was so determined not to lose study time that he put himself on a glucose drip, went to bed and woke up bright eyed and feeling fine... it does work, but pints of water are the easy option:)

PullMyFinger!

Which are the ones you mix with water rather than take in pill form?

abetarrush

Just drink 2 painkillers and a large glass of water before ye go t bed and u'll be grand

dats wha a hangover is really, lack of water

PullMyFinger!

Taking paracetomol before bed everytime you dont want a hangover is a very very silly idea.

monkeyfudge

Yeah... taking painkillers like that is seriously bad for your liver which is already overworked from all the booze that has been put through it.

Black Swan

Not sure about vits or pills, but on the rare occasion that I drink a little too much, then I try for a big breakfast in the wee hours before hitting the sack. When I do this, I rarely have problems the next day, except for going at about half speed.:rolleyes:

drunkenfool

to be honest, in the excess that i drink there is very very little that can be done to reduce a hangover.
i mean some nights i go out and get absolutely ****faced, cant walk, let alone talk, wake up and im fine
last saturday went out was very composed all night, didnt think i was drunk and woke up DYING!!!
is it kind of against the rules of science, alcohol is a toxic substance, it you drink it in excess its going to have bad side affects no matter what.... having said that id do anything to stop a hangover!

mdebets

You all didn't mention the ultimate hangover cure: Don't drink.

chamlis

Water doesn't get rid of the hangover for me, but if I do drink alot of it before bed it definately improves the next morning.

As for a hangover cure? Yop. Seriously. Sorts you right out. I don't mean Actimel either. Just thick slurpy Yop. The only time I ever drink the stuff.

alantc

Wikipedia wrote:

Chronic excessive ethanol (alcohol) consumption can induce CYP2E1, thus increasing the potential toxicity of paracetamol.[9] For this reason, other analgesics such as aspirin or ibuprofen are sometimes recommended for hangovers.

.

mdebets

mdebets wrote:

You all didn't mention the ultimate hangover cure: Don't drink.

I'm going to be pedantic here and disprove your statement.

If you don't drink (anything, you didn't say what), your body gets dehydrated..


which leads to hangovers!


its a vicious circle

kodute

Hangovers are like STD's, unless you abstain you're gonna get one in your lifetime!

Deer

Big dirty burger before you go to bed always does the job. It soaks up the excess alcohol and the super duper huge seven up you have with it rehydrates your body.

Actually if things are really bad take some diorylite (sp) the next morning. It replaces the electrolites that your body has lost from dehydration. It's really good.

PullMyFinger!

:eek:

Wikipedia - Killing people with its advice since 2001.

blocparty

wailers_irl wrote:

The best thing in the world for hangovers is a supplement called chorella. Its basically an algae (pond scum!). You can get it from any health food shop for about €16 a bottle each, which is 10 doses. You take them before you start drinking and it helps your liver procces the toxins alot quicker. So €1.60 for a clear head the next day!!! These actually works, me and my mates have been taking them for the last couple of months and its great!!!

i take those as regular vitiman tablets! i noticed i havent had a hangover in ages but now i know

wailers_irl

"...A Japanese study showed that taking 4-6gm of chlorella before consuming alcohol can prevent hangovers 96% of the time, even after a night of heavy drinking..."

From diagnose-me.com

As for the other 4%.......

PullMyFinger!

wailers_irl wrote:

The best thing in the world for hangovers is a supplement called chorella. Its basically an algae (pond scum!). You can get it from any health food shop for about €16 a bottle each, which is 10 doses. You take them before you start drinking and it helps your liver procces the toxins alot quicker. So €1.60 for a clear head the next day!!! These actually works, me and my mates have been taking them for the last couple of months and its great!!!

Sounds like just the thing. Where did you buy it?

gonementhol

Chlorella does the job!! Remembering to take it before boozing is the only problem. Obviously if you only sleep for 2 hours you'll be tired, atleast you don't have to worry about headaches and a sick stomach.

wailers_irl

PullMyFinger! wrote:

Sounds like just the thing. Where did you buy it?

Its in most health food shops, just ask for it. I got mine in the one beside Burger King the end of Grafton St in Dublin. You need to take 5-6 grams which is about 10 capsules which seems alot but it works!!

FranknFurter

At LEAST 1 pint of water before sleeping, mix in somthing like Dioralyte, and eat somthing simple like bread, crackers or biscuits before bed, (nothing greasy!!).
Given this info by a doc in a casualty ward in my youth.

b

Terry

please note that medical advice is not allowed here.

if you don't want a hangover, then don't drink alcoholic beverages.
any medical advice regarding curing of hangovers is to be taken with a pinch of salt.



i need a shower after that.

monkeyfudge

Drinking half a bottle of domestos is the only sure way to avoid a hangover*








*You may also be avoiding other things... such as living.

FranknFurter

julep wrote:

please note that medical advice is not allowed here.

Oops, sowwy
Dint mean it to sound all medical, besides in my experience a lot of docs cant find their own arses with a map. I rarely take their advise.



b

PullMyFinger!

Whats Dioralyte?

godtabh

Giblet wrote:

Take an anadin before bed aswell.

Isnt that very bad for your liver and or kidney? It has to do the work of treating the drink as well as the anadin

Evil_Bilbo

there's a heartburn remedy called Zantac that I take before a really big pissup. It stops yer stomach producing tonnes of acid (which leads to hiccups, puking and a sick stomach).

I knew a few pharmacists that used always take this before a booze up.

The only bad thing is that it does nothing for the headache - but the stomach - brand new - you can eat a fry in the morning nomatter how sore yer head is.

Also - if anyone does go out and buy this product - it has without doubt the funniest list of "possible side effects" ever - its like something from southpark (I'd say no one has ever got most of em - they include confusion, hallucinations, male breast enlargement, boils, basically anything you can think of is in there - its about 2 pages long!)

Terry

zantac rules. i take that all the time. you can eat and drink all sorts of crap.
never even read the laflet.

readnig it now it says you may also suffer from yellowing of the skin. handy if you want a quick tan.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601106.html#side-effects

Tazz T

Dioralyte will prevent you from getting dehydrated, which is one cause of the headaches cause by hangovers, also stops certain minerals from being lost. It's generally used to prevent dehydration during bouts of diarroeah.

Haven't tried that chlorella stuff. Think I'll give it a go. Generally, I find that a couple of guarana tabs before you go out and a couple while you're out makes you feel more lively and seems to reduce the hangover in the morning, as opposed to night out without them.

One thing I find that seems to always work is a long walk home after your night out. The exertion speeds up your metabolism and removes more of the toxins from your system before you go to sleep.

Chakar

I haven't had many hangovers its in the two digits in terms of how many hangovers I've had.There's not really much of a cure for hangovers like drinking lots of water will compel you to wake up and go to the toilet.Thats annoying when you just want to sleep.

Suppose I could use the Chorella and Liveline.I won't use both on the same night that wouldn't be advised.;)

Naos

Drink a pint or two of water and a bottle of lucozade sport before bed.
Have at least a litre bottle of water beside your bed for the morning/if you wake up during the night.

Be as right as rain the following day