Updated: 28.08.2018 12:38:35
Expert: Savva Goldschmidt
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The state of a hangover refers to that unpleasant, but always quite expected situation, provoked by excessive drinking, from which a person wants to get rid of as soon as possible. And the point is not that being in a state of hangover is bad, everyone knows that time heals (by the way, this proverb should be made the motto of treating hangover syndrome).
Much worse is the situation that usually the state of a morning hangover coincides with an urgent need to be active, get involved in work, appear in front of a team, a girl or a boss, whoever you like. And as usual, demand creates supply. A very large number of various drugs for relieving hangover syndrome have appeared in modern pharmacies. Many of them have quite understandable names, such as Antipohmelin, Alkoklin, DrinkOFF, Arise, Guten Morgen, Morning Care. Others have meaningless names: Zorex, Zinal pro, and others.
However, for centuries, there have been proven ways to reduce the unpleasant symptoms of a hangover among the people, and they are also popular and are still used today. Is it worth buying drugs in pharmacies, are they drugs, do they relieve hangover symptoms, and if not, what means should be used? But first of all, to make it clear, it is necessary to briefly explain what needs to be dealt with.
What is a hangover?
The hangover from wine and beer has been known to mankind for thousands of years, and in recent centuries it became possible to consume strong alcohol, after the Arabs invented a method of distillation to obtain wine alcohol.
In the human body, the liver processes ethyl alcohol (more precisely, the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase), oxidizes it to carbon dioxide, which is eventually released by the lungs and water. But, unfortunately, this is a multistage process, and includes the production of an intermediate product of ethanol metabolism - the so-called acetaldehyde, or acetaldehyde. This is a highly toxic poison, it is he who is excreted with the exhaled air, creating "amber" in a person who has drunk heavily the day before - a well-known fume. The accumulation of under-oxidized ethanol products in the blood causes all the symptoms of a hangover - tremors in the hands, tachycardia, interruptions in the work of the heart, headache, the feeling of "cats in the mouth", nausea and all the other delights of the hangover syndrome.
In addition to acetaldehyde, high-alcohol alcohols are involved in the hangover: butyl, amyl, isoamyl alcohols, which are called fusel oils, and in the process of distillation of mash are called "tails" by moonshiners.
Therefore, the entire treatment of hangover syndrome comes down to two simple ways: to quickly remove accumulated acetaldehyde and "booze" from the body, enhancing kidney function, or to try to reduce unpleasant symptoms by using symptomatic agents. There are no other ways. That is, you can equate the treatment of a hangover and the treatment of acute acetaldehyde poisoning.
At the beginning of the rating, we will talk about the use of drugs that have a proven mechanism of action, and help either reduce the period of a hangover, or alleviate the symptoms of this condition. Then, perhaps the most desirable ways will be considered: methods of influencing hangover without the use of drugs. Finally, further we will talk about those methods and medicines, numerous additives, the use of which will only help empty your wallet, but, at best, will not give any advantages over the more affordable methods described above.
Rating of the best hangover remedies
| Nomination | a place | Name of product | rating |
| The best medications for relieving hangover symptoms | 1 | 4.9 | |
| 2 | 4.8 | ||
| 3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | ||
| Best non-drug hangover cures | 1 | 5.0 | |
| 2 | 4.9 | ||
| 3 | 4.9 | ||
| Anti-rating- questionable ways to relieve hangover symptoms | 1 | 2.0 | |
| 2 | 2.0 | ||
| 3 | 2.0 |
The best medications for relieving hangover symptoms
All drugs listed in this group of ratings belong to different groups of drugs, and they have numerous analogues. But it should be warned that it is quite dangerous to turn to medications against the background of a hangover. Against the background of acetaldehyde poisoning, there is a high risk of atrial fibrillation, in older people - an attack of coronary heart disease and the possibility of developing a heart attack, in patients suffering from chronic alcoholism, acute pancreatitis may develop.
In general, side effects are more common with a hangover. Therefore, it is advisable to use medications as a last resort, and be sure to first consult a doctor. But let's start with the safest ones.
Vitamin C, ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid can be used together with glucose, of course, for those patients who do not have diabetes, and such tablets are sold in pharmacies. Ascorbic acid with glucose, perhaps, is one of the cheapest and "delicious" means. So, 20 tablets with a dosage of 100 mg can be bought for 36 rubles, and a pack of 10 tablets - for only 4 rubles. This product is produced by a large number of domestic pharmaceutical companies. To take "ascorbic acid", or vitamin C, for an adult in a state of hangover, it is desirable to take 2-3 tablets, but not more than 10 tablets per day.
Advantages and disadvantages
Ascorbic acid is an adjunct treatment for hangover syndrome, its action is to strengthen and restore the liver. Unlike numerous dietary supplements, which are expensive and have an unproven mechanism of action, ascorbic acid is involved in the work of cytochrome p450, which is one of the main structures in hepatocytes, or liver cells that detoxify ethanol. Therefore, the timely intake of ascorbic acid, especially with regular alcohol consumption, will reduce the severity of the hangover syndrome.
B vitamins - thiamine (B1)
There is a very serious complication of alcoholism called Wernicke's encephalopathy. In this case, delirium develops, the patient quickly falls into a coma, and dies. Survivors are treated for a long time in the intensive care unit. This complication is also called acute hemorrhagic encephalitis. In this case, the structures of the middle and medulla oblongata are affected, punctate hemorrhages develop due to vascular perforation, and the reason is a deficiency of vitamin B1, or thiamine. After all, it is thiamine that is consumed in increased quantities against the background of frequent alcohol consumption. But even a cultured and moderate drinker may have a thiamine deficiency.
You can buy vitamin B1 either in ampoules or tablets. In principle, it is quite possible to drink the content of one ampoule, having previously dissolved it in water. Thiamine bromide tablets, or thiamine chloride solution, are very inexpensive, produced by a large number of pharmaceutical companies, and sold in every pharmacy. It is necessary to take it with frequent alcohol consumption, after a meal, for adults for preventive purposes - 5-10 mg per day, but no more than 3 times a day for 3 days.
Advantages and disadvantages
Again, as in the case of ascorbic acid, through the use of thiamine, we take care of replenishing its amount, since it is intensively consumed against the background of the consumption of alcoholic beverages. No relief or change in well-being associated with the use of thiamine can be expected. But, nevertheless, this is a measure that is necessary to normalize the metabolism, undermined by the use of ethanol.
It should be especially emphasized that thiamine is needed in pure form, or in ampoules, or in the form of pills and tablets containing a single vitamin. All multivitamin complexes, including expensive ones, which contain, in addition to vitamins of various names, also minerals and trace elements, will be ineffective. A liver that has been hit by alcohol needs thiamine.
Let's move on to a group of medicines that really help reduce the symptoms of alcohol intoxication and remove acetaldehyde from the body. These are various non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as means for increasing urine output, or diuretics.
Sedalgin plus is a combination drug that contains caffeine, metamizole sodium, or analgin, and thiamine. This drug is good for headaches that are caused by a hangover syndrome, and contributes to an overall improvement in well-being. Due to the caffeine it contains, the blood supply to the brain and its cortex improves, physical and mental performance increases, and drowsiness decreases. Thiamine, or vitamin B1, the considered facets, help to improve the tolerance of ethyl alcohol by the nervous tissue, and also take part in many metabolic processes that help remove alcohol and its decay products from the body. Sedalgin plus is produced by the pharmaceutical company Balkanpharma Bulgaria, one pack of 10 tablets can be purchased for 83 rubles.
It is advisable to use the drug after meals, one tablet at a time, no more than 3 times, but you should try to take the tablets before lunch, since the drug contains a small dose of caffeine. In any case, an adult should take no more than 6 tablets per day.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantage of Sedalgin is the combined effect, "built-in" in vitamin B1, a significant reduction in headache, and an increase in overall performance. It should be used if and only if, with a hangover syndrome, it is impossible to lie down and sleep, and you need, alas, to be included in an active rhythm of life. In the event that there is an opportunity to lie down on this day, then you do not need to take this remedy, since caffeine will help revitalize the body.
Anaprilin, Obzidan (propranolol)
Anaprilin belongs to cardiac drugs, and its role is to reduce the excitability of the heart muscle, reduce its contractility, and save oxygen. Anaprilin lowers blood pressure, and one of its most important effects is to slow down the heart rate. Anaprilin is produced by many different domestic pharmaceutical companies; it is a widespread and inexpensive drug. So, a package of 50 tablets with a dosage of 10 mg costs only 12 rubles.
Indications for taking Anaprilin in a state of a hangover are a frantic and often pounding heart, a feeling of heat and flushes of blood to the skin of the face, crimson cheeks, a state when you want to breathe fresh air, as well as a rise in blood pressure against the background of a hangover. Anaprilin will help reduce blood pressure, decrease heart rate, and eliminate the unpleasant symptoms of hot flashes. It is enough to take the product, one 10 mg tablet once. In the event that there is an increase in blood pressure, then you can double the dosage and take 20 mg of anaprilin.
Advantages and disadvantages
This drug was ranked as the cheapest of all beta-blockers, but by no means the safest. There are safer medicines from the same group, for example, Concor. As for contraindications, even with the above complaints with a hangover, it should not be taken in patients with cardiac pathology - sinus bradycardia, with hypotension, patients with bronchial asthma, and those prone to bronchospasm, people suffering from diabetes mellitus.
Diuver, Britomar, Lotonel, Trigrim (torasemide)
Diuretics are a powerful means of rapidly reducing hangover syndrome by accelerating the elimination of acetaldehyde from the body. One of the modern diuretics is torasemide, or Diuver. When Diuver is prescribed, the maximum diuretic effect develops, on average, after 2.5 hours. Compared to furosemide, it is less conducive to the excretion of potassium from the body, but it works longer and more strongly. Diuver is produced by the Croatian pharmaceutical company Pliva, and 20 tablets with a dosage of 5 mg cost 260 rubles.
The diuretic effect of taking one Diuver pill can persist even up to 18 hours, so you need to plan your hangover day, taking into account the duration of the diuretic action. To treat a hangover, it is enough to take one 5 mg tablet in the morning.
Advantages and disadvantages
In the right hands, diuretics that activate kidney function are powerful agents for accelerating the resolution of hangover symptoms in a matter of hours. But at the same time, it is imperative to take into account the side effects of diuretics, the possibility of excreting useful potassium ions from the body and the risk of developing muscle cramps and cardiac arrhythmias, the need to be able to compensate for the excretion of these substances from the body, and also to provide the patient with increased fluid intake so as not to cause dehydration. Then, taking into account all indications and contraindications, short-term therapy of hangover syndrome with diuretics can be used.
It is advisable to rest quietly after taking it and not overload. You will often run to the toilet, but you must remember that while taking diuretics, if you have a tendency to low blood pressure, you can get fainting. In order to prevent cramps of the calf muscles, together with a tablet of torasemide, you can take two tablets of Panangin, or Asparkam. But in the event that the age is over 40 years old, there are problems with blood pressure, or with heart rhythm disturbances, then it is better not to take risks and do without the use of diuretics, without a doctor's prescription.
Best non-drug hangover cures
All drugs for the treatment of hangover syndrome, even as innocent as ascorbic acid, can have side effects and contraindications. Methods of non-drug influence on a hangover can also not be recommended for everyone. But at the same time, no matter how old they are, they do not additionally burden the liver with the processing of various chemicals, and practically do not require any financial costs. Consider the most popular folk methods included in the rating.
Liquid
The above drug from the group of highly effective diuretics will work well only if a lot of water is supplied "into the pipe" from one end. If the liquid does not enter the body, then taking diuretics will lead to dehydration, thickening of the blood, and if used too often, there may be a risk of thrombosis. Therefore, before prescribing diuretics for yourself with a hangover syndrome, you need to take good care of your drinking regime, and drink as much fluids as possible.
Typically, a healthy, adult with hangover symptoms should consume about one liter, or 5 glasses of liquid, every hour. This is a fairly moderate fluid load, which, in the end, will exceed the diuresis, and the result of a properly done work will be, in one and a half to two hours, a desire to go to the toilet for little need. In the event that the patient has healthy kidneys, and the hangover syndrome is not very pronounced, then such a water load is completely safe, and it may well do without prescribing diuretics.
What drink?
What exactly to use? There are many opinions on this matter. But if you think about it, then, most likely, you can recommend ordinary water, dried fruit and rosehip compote with vitamin C, a large amount of weak warm chicken broth, the reception of which can be alternated with two or three glasses of cucumber or cabbage pickle.
Some people drink large amounts of green tea with lemon, kefir, ayran, various milkshakes and egg shakes, spicy red pepper shakes, and so on. Why would it hurt? It should be noted that green tea contains a lot of caffeine, and excessive toning in a hangover can result in a significant increase in blood pressure. Lactic acid products can contain 1% alcohol in their composition, therefore, persons who consume kefir can be considered very lightly intoxicated. At the same time, the load on the digestive tract organs in several liters of kefir can cause intestinal upset even in a healthy person.
Chicken broth in those individuals who tolerate it well, it is very useful. First, against the background of the existing lack of appetite during a hangover, it is a food substitute, and gives satiety. And secondly, no one canceled the advice to eat well also with a hangover syndrome. Therefore, chicken broth has always been, is and will be in good demand, especially salted in moderation.
H what about the brine, then this ancient folk method is based on replenishing the electrolyte deficiency in the blood plasma. It is known that sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chlorine and other simple elements belong to electrolytes. Consuming a large amount of alcohol causes a significant imbalance in electrolytes, a shift of the acid-base balance to the acidic side, so drinking brine with a hangover is not only useful, but also pleasant. The only exception is that you should never drink the marinade. Firstly, it will only aggravate the acidification of the body, at a time when it is necessary to alkalize it, and secondly, it can cause a severe attack of biliary colic and acute pancreatitis.
Advantages and disadvantages
It is not recommended to load oneself with excessive fluid in patients with edema, with impaired renal function, with heart failure, with increased pressure in the pulmonary artery (with cor pulmonale). This group also includes hypertensive patients, pregnant women, and persons with epilepsy. We will modestly keep silent about the fact that pregnant women and those with epilepsy should never drink alcohol at all. Also, the disadvantage is the elementary tediousness of this activity, drinking by force, attachment to the toilet for many hours.
But this is an effective and good way, practically inexpensive, especially in the case of using hot water, diluted with jam, and in some cases, replacing food intake (broth). In general, forcing the water load can be considered the main method of treating not only a hangover, but also acute alcohol intoxication in a hospital, the only difference is that a large amount of fluid is injected there intravenously, and in the case of alcoholic coma, diuresis is additionally forced and the technology of peritoneal dialysis is used.
Sauna and contrast shower
Russian bath, as well as the Finnish sauna, is the third whale on which the correct treatment of hangover syndrome is worth, but only in a healthy person. In order for the bath procedures to be beneficial, it is necessary to combine them with the intake of mineral water, weak tea, compotes, herbal infusions, fruit drinks, but by no means beer, otherwise the treatment of the hangover syndrome will turn into a long binge.
Bath procedures connect the largest and most massive human organ to detoxification - his skin, its ability to sweat. After being in the steam room, a person's body temperature rises physiologically, hyperthermia occurs, the number of heart contractions increases, and profuse sweat is released, containing a large amount of toxins. After a person sweats, an urgent need to rinse, or take a dip in the pool. It is strictly forbidden to leave sweat and dry out, since there is abundant evidence that it is absorbed back together with toxins.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of the bath are a pleasant pastime, alternation of temperature loads with dousing with cold water (vascular gymnastics), as well as the speed of elimination of toxins. Combined with a forced intake of fluids, 3-4 hours of bath procedures can do a miracle, and completely put a person in order after a stormy evening.
But it is imperative to remember that physical activity in the bath is completely unnecessary. Treatment of hangover does not involve waving a broom, quite calm, but repeated sweating with periodic rinsing and drinking fluids. In the same case, if there is arterial hypertension, heart rhythm disturbances, angina pectoris or heart attack in history, shortness of breath and excess weight, it is better not to use this method.
If there is no way to go to the bathhouse, you can limit yourself to a contrast shower. Baths, especially hot ones, are contraindicated for a hangover, as they can cause complications in the heart. You must first use a warm shower, then a cool one, then make it hot for a few seconds, and then make it even colder. Such a periodic narrowing or expansion of the vessels of the skin will cause a significant flow of blood to it from the internal organs, including from the liver, from the place of deposition, and the expansion of the capillary vessels of the skin.
At this moment, you need to get out of the shower, rub intensively with a shaggy and hard towel, in order to additionally cause redness of the skin and blood flow to its depth. This will make the sweat glands work, and if after such a shower you wrap yourself in a warm robe and drink hot rosehip infusion, then this will also be a good, physiological way to remove acetaldehyde from the body.
This method is the most paradoxical, but together with the bath - the most effective. Bicycling, jogging, and logging while deeply hungover is perhaps the most unbearable thing in nature. It is with fear and the inability to perform physical activity that most absenteeism is associated with people who are far from drunken drunkards. They're just hungover and can't do anything. But in the event that you overpower yourself and find within two or three hours the strength for physical labor in combination with water load, then the head will become clear, the eyes will no longer be red, and in the afternoon most people already feel more or less bearable , of course, if you do not repeat yesterday's "exploits".
Anti-rating - questionable ways to relieve hangover symptoms
The rating lists undoubtedly reliable and proven treatments for hangover syndrome. They all boil down to accelerating the elimination of harmful substances from the body, or to symptomatic treatment. The methods of excretion are different, but they are all based on elementary physics and chemistry. It:
But on the Internet there are a huge number of "extremely effective" drugs, which, according to manufacturers, not only completely relieve a person from a hangover, but also supposedly taken the day before the planned party, allow you to not get drunk at all, get behind the wheel in the morning, and so on. We will not talk about all the absurdity, and even the inadmissibility of these statements. We list only those decent remedies that do not make sense to use with a hangover syndrome. We will also briefly talk about those supplements that, alas, do not deserve the price for which they are sold.
There are a large number of sorbents, ranging from activated carbon to Polisorb-MP and Enterosgel. On many sites on the treatment of alcohol intoxication and hangovers, you can read that sorbents must be used first. This is nothing more than a half-truth.
In the event that we are talking about alcohol intoxication, about alcohol poisoning, about a state of intoxication, then it is necessary to remove all residues of ethyl alcohol from the gastrointestinal tract. And then it is shown, in emergency cases, when the patient is unconscious, repeated gastric lavage, and if he is conscious and aware of his intoxication, then it is recommended to give sorbents.
But a hangover and drunkenness are different states, with a hangover there is no alcohol left in the intestines, it has been absorbed into the blood for a long time, and has been processed in the liver - partially completely, and partially not. Sorbents have nothing to do with blood purification, and therefore they are completely useless for hangover.
Cerucal, Eglonil, metoclopramide, antiemetics
Alas, nausea and even vomiting sometimes accompanies the hangover syndrome. This is rare, but if it does, it usually results in a single vomiting and minor episodes of nausea. In the same case, if vomiting is strong and frequent, vomiting is repeated, then this already speaks not of a hangover syndrome, but of poisoning with alcohol substitutes, an attack of acute alcoholic pancreatitis, cholecystitis, and other pathology when urgent medical attention is required. But even if during a hangover he vomits and vomits, is it necessary to take anti-nausea and antiemetics?
There are a number of medications that suppress nausea, improve quality of life, and vomiting. They are used when nausea is an inevitable consequence of taking toxic drugs, for example, during chemotherapy in oncology. In this case, their intake is really indicated, since nausea is unproductive and cannot help the body in any way. But in the case of a hangover syndrome, nausea and vomiting will help cleanse both the stomach and intestines from the remnants of the feast soaked in alcohol. Therefore, in the event that a person is sick and vomited during a hangover, this should not be hindered, but it should be encouraged. Therefore, such funds are not needed.
An inquisitive reader may ask the question: if it is necessary to remove the stagnant contents of the stomach soaked in alcohol, then why is it contraindicated and useless to take sorbents? Namely, because the next morning there is little alcohol in the stomach and intestines, but there is a lot of food. As a result, a significant amount of sorbents will be neutralized by this mass and will not be able to absorb the alcohol residues.
Hangover Supplements
He runs to the catcher and the beast, and demand creates supply. Here is just a small list of such drugs that belong to dietary supplements: Alekol, DrinkOFF, Zorex (Zorex), Antipohmelin, Morning Care, Alkoklin, Zenalk Zinal pro.
For example, the domestic remedy Zorex contains unitiol and calcium pantothenate. As is known from combat chemistry and toxicology, unitiol effectively fights a special group of poisons, which include heavy metal compounds. These poisons block special sulfur-containing groups called sulfhydryl, or thiol (SH). As a result, the activity of some groups of enzymes is disrupted. But acetaldehyde, which provides all the hangover symptoms, is in no way a thiol compound. If you add one oxygen atom to acetaldehyde, it turns into acetic acid. Its formula is extremely simple, like this: CH3-SON. This is ethanal, ethane, or acetaldehyde.
And for its successful utilization, you need an enzyme called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. But, unfortunately, it is impossible to make this enzyme work, being taken in a pill. There are no such pills. But on the other hand, there are a number of drugs for alcoholism that are able to block this enzyme, due to which hangover syndromes become mandatory and replace intoxication. This is a remedy for the treatment of alcoholism, which discourages patients from craving the green snake. These include drugs such as Teturam, Antabus, Disulfiram, Lidevin, Esperal and all other drugs that make drinking alcohol unpleasant and very dangerous.
Therefore, zorax will be ineffective in alcohol intoxication for a hangover, since there is no point of application for unithiol. The same applies to most dietary supplements, which contain various imported medicinal plants, often exotic, which also do not contribute to the elimination of alcohol breakdown products from the body. Also, you should not drink an aphrodisiac that increases the work of the heart, you should not drink coffee, and even more so from various Riga balsams that activate, but contain alcohol. Otherwise, the treatment of the hangover syndrome turns into repeated alcohol intoxication. It is much more useful to drink effervescent aspirin, which in this case will show a non-febrifugal, analgesic effect, and also promotes blood thinning, since alcohol draws water from the blood into the tissues, and it worsens its rheological qualities, becomes thicker.
Finally, in conclusion, it must be said that it is in the state of a hangover that various severe cardiovascular accidents occur quite often in men over 40 years old. If you feel that there are interruptions in the heart area, severe chest pain, radiating to the left arm, under the left shoulder blade, then you should not waste time on self-treatment of a hangover, even with the help of old proven methods, but call an ambulance.
Attention! This rating is subjective and does not constitute an advertisement and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before buying, you need to consult with a specialist.
Name day, March 8, corporate, wedding anniversary - there are plenty of holidays in life, intoxicating is their invariable attribute. So that the joy of the feast is not spoiled by a hangover, doctors advise to think about effective measures of protection in advance. The latest pharmaceuticals sold in pharmacies and proven "old-fashioned" methods from traditional medicine, which do not require significant financial costs, are also worthy of attention.
The most effective hangover drugs
Before proceeding to the top 5 pharmacy bestsellers for hangover, let us remind you what you shouldn't do. They will worsen the state of health and postpone the return of a sober state for an indefinite period:
- Any alcohol-containing drink (in the context of a hangover, the principle of "treat like with like" is not applicable)
- Hot bath (heart may not be able to handle the spike in blood pressure)
- Physical activity (jogging, thorough cleaning of the traces of the guests' visit, restoring the monthly food supply in the refrigerator is more logical to postpone until tomorrow)
Pharmacy showcases delight with a rich assortment. Supporters of a healthy lifestyle, who prefer kvass with mineral water, have heard about some miraculous remedies. Others are used to eliminate the typical symptoms accompanying a hangover syndrome. The choice should be made based on the state of health, state of health, and a tendency to allergic reactions.
"Alka-Seltzer" - a savior from headaches and hangovers
The package contains 2-10 effervescent tablets. The price for a large pack ranges from 300-320 rubles. The composition includes only acetylsalicylic acid, soda, citric acid. Take up to 6 times a day, 1 tablet. Purpose: for the early elimination of symptoms of headache, fever.
Dignity. The drug is sold everywhere. Acts as an analgesic, antipyretic. The main component, acetylsalicylic acid, also helps in other life situations: at the beginning of acute respiratory infections, with painful menstruation, joint, muscle pain. The instructions indicate: allowed for children from 15 years old (as a remedy for temperature).
Disadvantages. Alka-Seltzer is not suitable for those who suffer from bleeding disorders. With severe nausea, vomiting, it is useless, since the tablet must be dissolved and drunk, waiting for the onset of the effect for 15-20 minutes.
Output . The headache is familiar to everyone involved in prolonged feasts with copious drinks. It is useful to have Alka-Seltzer in your home medicine cabinet in case of moderate intoxication. In such circumstances, reviews of the drug are positive. With a severe overdose of ethyl alcohol, the benefits of acetylsalicylic acid are too small.
"Zorex" is the best helper against indigestion caused by a hangover
Like Alka-Seltzer, Zorex is sold in packs of 2-10 gelatin capsules. The price for a small package is within 200-220 rubles, for a large one - 580-600 rubles. The disintoxicant adsorbs and removes from the body, toxins, poisons, ethanol decomposition products.
Dignity. To drink, a sip is enough - this is especially valuable in case of incessant nausea and vomiting. The capsules are effective against a long list of toxic substances. Indispensable as prevention of dangerous biochemical reactions caused by low-grade alcohol, overdose.
Disadvantages . High cost. The price tag discourages those who want to buy something cheap, but universal at the pharmacy. The medicine is contraindicated for people with liver disease, kidney disease, low blood pressure, cardiovascular ailments.
Output . If you feel very bad due to poor-quality alcoholic beverages, "Zorex" is a proven and effective remedy sold without a prescription. If there is no progress towards improvement, you should immediately call a narcologist at home.
"Enterosgel" - drug number 1 for the prevention of hangovers
A paste without a bright odor with a neutral taste is sold in aluminum tubes of 90 or 225 g. The price for a small volume is about 320-350 rubles. Take 1-1.5 tbsp, preparing 200 ml of an aqueous solution. It has a wide spectrum of detoxification action, well prevents stool disorder of an unclear nature, nausea at the end of festive feasts. It will help with the morning reception, a combination with anti-hangover medications is permissible.
Dignity. There are practically no contraindications. Narcologists recommend using it for alcohol and food poisoning. To prevent the most unpleasant symptoms, it is recommended to take the Enterosgel solution in advance, during the gathering for the event.
Disadvantages . Many speak negatively about the taste of the medicine, which is the reason to take it in advance, before the distortion of the taste perception, suffering from alcohol intoxication.
Output . Enterosgel is a godsend for prudent people who prefer to plan everything in advance and take the necessary measures to protect the body in advance.
"Mezim Forte" is the best remedy for restoring digestion in case of a hangover
Available in packs of 20 tablets. Average price - 250 rubles. The main component is pancreatin. The remedy is indispensable for already existing disorders in the work of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, as a prevention of the typical consequences of taking a large amount of ethyl alcohol - intestinal spasms, diarrhea, dyskinesia.
Dignity. The instruction allows you to use pancreatin before, in the process, after drinking. The drug makes you digest everything that was eaten with alcohol. Great for situations when it is not known in advance what will be served. To drink, a sip is enough - you do not need to chew. No medical prescription is required for the purchase.
Disadvantages . You can not drink "Mezim" with pancreatitis. It does not have the ability to bind / remove toxins, it is aimed only at restoring the digestive function.
Output . If the "hurricane in the stomach" as a consequence of the holidays and the abuse of alcoholic cocktails is a common occurrence, then in the first-aid kit it is worth having this drug among the prophylactic agent. There are no restrictions. Poisoning relief / prevention are the main effects of Mezim.
"Motillium" - a cure for vomiting for a hangover
It is produced in the form of a suspension in bottles of 100 ml and tablets for absorption or swallowing in packs of 10 or 30 pieces. The average price of a small package is 320 rubles. The active ingredient is domperidone, which has an antiemetic effect, prevents flatulence. The maximum permissible daily dose is 8 tablets or 80 ml of suspension.
Dignity. "Motilium" relieves the most unpleasant symptoms - nausea, vomiting, indigestion. Recommended as a preventive / prophylactic agent (before alcohol intake). The medicine normalizes the work of digestion, is great for those who abuse alcohol or get out of a state of binge. They drink it on an empty stomach, since the main condition for early absorption is the absence of food in the stomach. There is no need to rush immediately after the awakened hunger, ideally to wait for the final improvement in well-being.
Disadvantages . Motilium should not be drunk before alcohol, ethanol destroys domperidone, making the medicine useless. The drug causes drowsiness, in some cases, the existing tremor of the extremities increases.
Output . The drug is not new, well tested in practice, appreciated for its ability to act on an empty stomach. To get rid of the symptoms of intoxication, it is suitable for almost everyone (it is contraindicated for people suffering from gastrointestinal diseases).
Folk anti-hangover remedies
Reliable and well-known drugs relieve hangover. Any medication has a list of contraindications that limit the scope of their use. People who are well aware of their contraindications or who do not want to risk prescribing medications without the advice of a doctor, it remains to use the popular traditional medicine. Group leaders:
A simple food widely used as a hangover emergency. To get relief, you need to drink a glass of brine on an empty stomach in the morning. Suitable not only cucumber, but also cabbage, which includes succinic acid, effectively removes toxins.
Due to alcohol, there is a sharp lack of fluid, while swelling is noticeable. Paradox? No, just H 2 O is not enough in the blood, but it accumulates in the tissues. Brine will help to remove it from the edema and direct it into the bloodstream. After half an hour, they begin to quench their thirst with clean water. Now she will head back on track.
It is easy to prepare valuable salting in any quantity on your own. You will need fresh cucumbers, glass jars, lids. In supermarkets, canned food is also presented in a wide variety. The body will gratefully accept homemade pickles after alcoholic libations. This "medicine" has no contraindications, side effects, or other restrictions; it eliminates hangover symptoms quickly and comprehensively.
The precious quality of brine is to make you feel better. If the physical condition is severe: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps do not stop, then medication will be required. After a small feast, when the participants drank a couple of glasses of delicious champagne, in the morning a brine drink is a great way to quickly return to normal life. It will eliminate all unpleasant sensations, awaken the appetite.
After drinking alcohol, the acid-base balance in the body shifts to the acidic side. To restore it, it is necessary to use liquids with an alkaline reaction. "Borjomi" and "Essentuki" are hydrocarbonate mineral waters that help better than others. The absorption rate of mineral water is higher than that of ordinary tap water. It easily triggers biochemical reactions necessary to eliminate toxic substances.
Carbon dioxide, represented by thousands of effervescent bubbles, stimulates the release of undigested food residues that have absorbed ethanol and its decay elements. The intake of moisture with an admixture of salts in the blood helps to restore its normal density, stimulates the outflow of stagnant fluid (removes puffiness). Irritating the kidneys and bladder will not stop the natural flushing process. Soon, all toxins will be removed and hop residues will be eliminated.
No prescription required to purchase. The bottle or pair you need is easy to get at your local grocery store. Mixing with gastric juice, the mineral water rapidly increases in volume, due to the almost instant release of the gas dissolved in it. This effect is very valuable, as it will not allow you to drink too much. Thirst quenching occurs gradually, in the most gentle way for the cardiovascular and excretory systems. Like brine, "Borjomi" is not able to help in removing the signs of severe poisoning (due to prolonged binge drinking, for another reason), you will need the help of a doctor.
Going to a holiday, it is useful to look into the refrigerator and make sure: there is a couple of bottles of Borjomi or Essentuki on the shelf. They will help you recover quickly, eliminate the symptoms of mild / moderate intoxication, and alleviate the condition without "powerful artillery" in the form of medications.
Not drugs, but help
The goal of a person who opens his eyes the next morning after previous libations is to restore to his own brain the lost ability to think clearly, to restore the normal working capacity of the digestive tract. Two simple steps will help you do this:
- Gastric lavage. A feeling of heaviness in the abdomen is very common and comes after abundant banquets. It indicates a halt in the digestion process. The food eaten the day before remained undigested. The food lump is saturated not only with alcohol, but also with its decomposition products. It is correct not to force the body to digest these residues, but to get rid of them in a safe way - by washing the stomach. A drunk glass of hot water with table salt dissolved in it (1 tablespoon) will save you. Allowed to drink 2 glasses. Next take activated charcoal - 1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight
- Dream. It would seem that the person has just woken up and he needs to rush to work, to work, to a meeting. From the standpoint of health, it is more expedient to give the body a chance to dump the load of accumulated toxins and rest, leaving labor chores and everyday affairs for the next day. It is impossible to choose and drink sleeping pills on your own, since vomiting, returning during a sound sleep, can provoke choking
In conclusion, it is important to emphasize: cheerfulness and clarity of thought are the merit of the person himself, who sincerely cares about health in advance. The body, prepared for the intake of alcohol and promptly received help at home, will more easily tolerate the effects of alcoholic beverages. Well, you shouldn't forget about moderation at the table either. The beauty is not in the amount of alcohol you drink, but in its quality!
The most effective hangover remedy is a dropper with a set of special solutions that restore and cleanse the body from intoxication. We will put a dropper for a hangover quickly and efficiently!
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SCIENTIFICALLY. 6 steps in our expert toxicologist article. The best way to get rid of a hangover is to remove toxins from the body. An enema and stomach cleansing will help. Also, the elimination of toxins will be facilitated by the intake of succinic acid and fermented milk products. Redistribution of fluid will help to remove a contrast shower and aspirin, as well as taking diuretics and drinking plenty of fluids at the same time. Nerves will be soothed by taking glycine, persene and magnesia. With a hangover, you should not confuse marinade with vinegar, take phenazepam and anti-nausea medications, and take a bath with a high heart rate. We recommend that you study the article carefully before following these recommendations!
Please Note: This article will show you how to get rid of a hangover after a day of drinking. The tactics of treating withdrawal symptoms after a long binge are different in many ways. How to get out of binge drinking at home without fear of "delirium tremens", read in a separate article.
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1. Remove alcohol and its decay products from the body
- enema
- gastric lavage
- sorbents
(1 tablet of activated carbon per 10 kg of weight)
The fact that a person still has alcohol (ethyl alcohol) and products of its processing in the body the next morning is the main, although not the only reason for feeling unwell: you can not hope to get rid of a hangover until the remnants of undigested alcohol have not yet been removed from the body, toxic products of its cleavage, associated substances that were in the drink, and other poisons.
By the way, until you remove all this from the body, your fumes will not pass, even if you brush your teeth five times: the fumes come from the lungs, not from the stomach. And in the light volatile products of alcohol processing they get from the blood. The only way out is detoxification.
This is especially true if you ate food rich in protein (meat, beans). Alcohol interferes with protein processing, and undigested protein poisons the body.
Sorbents also cope with this task: activated carbon or other modern sorbents. For activated charcoal to work, you need a lot of it: one tablet for every 10 kilograms of your weight; crush in water or wash down with plenty of water.
Modern sorbents act more powerfully, therefore it is more convenient to take them than coal. To relieve alcohol intoxication, take one of the remedies to choose from: Enterodes, Enterosgel, Smecta, lignin-based sorbents (Polyphepan), and so on.
Modern sorbents have a less disgusting taste than coal, and they can be diluted, for example, in juice, not necessarily only in water.
Enterodes and Enterosgel are packed in sachets: one sachet - one dose. Also Enterodez can be diluted in advance before the feast in a bottle of water and put in the refrigerator until morning; in the morning, the reception will not be superfluous even if the hangover is not very pronounced, especially if you ate a lot at the festive table.
Already two hours after taking sorbents, it is highly desirable to go in a big way, otherwise the opposite effect will appear: more toxins will flow from the sorbent into the intestine than from the intestine into the sorbent.
Taking off a severe hangover in the morning with various medications, it makes no sense to take them simultaneously with sorbents: the medications will be absorbed by them and lose their effect. It is necessary to spread their reception in time. So what to do with alcohol poisoning? The optimal order is as follows: first, it is better to empty the stomach (of course, if there is still something in it), then take sorbents. After having a bowel movement (from 20 - 40 minutes to one and a half hours), you can take medication.
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2. Apply biochemical detoxification
- succinic acid
dissolve in a tablet (100 mg) every 50 minutes, but not more than 6 times) - tincture of eleutherococcus
(drink with a hangover 20-40 drops before meals) - lemon acid
(dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons in half with boiled water) - honey
(take half a glass of honey a little during the day) - lactic acid drinks
(no more than 600 ml per day) - kvass
- anti-hangover remedies
- glutargin
(1 gram every hour. Up to 4 times)
Our body knows how to fight poisons on its own, but in order for it to cope faster, it is possible to spur metabolic processes (to be precise, the Krebs cycle). In other words, biochemical detoxification can be performed. Best of all, succinic acid accelerates the processing of poisons, and also protects cells: dissolve one tablet (100 mg) every 50 minutes, but no more than 6 times.
I would call succinic acid, or scientifically, succinate, one of the drugs of choice for hangover. Toxicologist Stanislav Radchenko
Do not take succinic acid more than one tablet every 50 minutes, or if you have an ulcer or gastritis. Also, succinic acid is contraindicated in high blood pressure.
Stimulates the detoxification of the body:
- tincture of eleutherococcus (drink with a hangover 20-40 drops before meals);
- honey (take half a glass of honey a little bit throughout the day);
- citric acid (dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons in half with boiled water and drink from a hangover). It is citric acid that helps, and not ascorbic acid: ascorbic acid for a hangover does not really matter.
Lactic acid has the same effect. It is found in unpasteurized kvass and in lactic acid drinks (most of all in koumiss). Doctors recommend drinking no more than 600 ml of sour milk on a hangover day.
Also, many complex anti-hangover agents work to eliminate toxins. Most often, hangover pills are a combination of the substances described above ("Limontar", "DrinkOFF"), but they may also contain drugs from the arsenal of professional toxicologists ("Zorex").
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Anti-hangover remedy "Medichronal" can be taken only if the morning state is really difficult. This medicine contains sodium formate, which quickly neutralizes the poisonous breakdown products of alcohol. However, if there are too few alcohol breakdown products, then Medichronal itself may turn out to be toxic. Leave it as a last resort.
If libations were not accompanied by a plentiful snack, then glutargin will help well in the early stages of detoxification. You need to take 1 gram of glutargin (usually 4 tablets of 0.25 grams) with an interval of at least 1 hour. Optimally - 4 grams per day.
3. Slow down the spread of harmful substances in the body
- rowan infusion
- tonic
The permeability of biological barriers, including the intestinal one, depends on the state of the cell membrane. Transport of substances across the membrane can be active and passive. Stabilization of the membrane leads to a decrease in passive transport, which means that less toxic substances penetrate into the brain from the blood, into the blood from the intestines and into the intercellular spaces from the vessels. Accordingly, tissue edema ("swelling" from a severe hangover, which also causes a headache) and intoxication are reduced. This will allow you to get rid of toxic substances faster and easier.
Membrane-stabilizing action is possessed by mountain ash infusion, quinine (contained in classic tonics, for example "Schweppes") and tannins that are part of the cognac. Therefore, cognac is less dangerous for allergy sufferers in terms of exacerbation of the disease than, for example, beer.
How else you can relieve your well-being in the morning
- "Antipohmelin"
4-6 tablets once a day - "Korda"
2 tablets 3 times a day - bath, cold shower, bath
start the shower with hot water, then alternating it with cold water
Another ingenious move is not to reduce the amount of poison, but to slow down its production, so that the liver has time to decompose acetaldehyde to acetic acid. The drug "Antipohmelin", known in the West as RU-21, as well as the anti-hangover agent "Korda" can do this.
Antipochmelin is taken once a day: 4-6 tablets should be taken with water or apple juice. Corrda is taken as a course, for one to two days: 2 tablets 3 times a day.
The antitoxic and restorative effect is provided by a bath, a contrast shower or bath. In case of a hangover, it is not a steam bath that is more useful, but a sauna: three visits for 5, 10 and 20 minutes. A contrast shower should be started with hot water, then alternating with cold water. In a warm bath for the best effect, dissolve 300 grams of sea salt or turpentine from a pharmacy.
4. Correct the fluid balance
- sauna, contrast shower
- brine
1 glass before drinking water - mineral water
- diuretics (veroshpiron)
take 200 mg once - oat broth
2 times half a liter with a break of 40 minutes - aspirin
500 mg for every 35 kg of body weight
It is possible to restore the normal distribution of fluid in the body, disturbed by drinking, if fluid from the intercellular spaces is transferred into the blood (at the same time to remove the swelling and the headache caused by them). This can be achieved at home, for example, by going to the bathhouse (sauna) or by taking a contrast shower.
Another way available at home is to take a liquid and a diuretic at the same time: for example, natural coffee or non-alcoholic beer. Oat broth, watermelon, zucchini, garden strawberries and strawberries, bearberry, dandelion, green tea, and the drug veroshpiron (spironolactone) will also have a diuretic effect. Veroshpiron needs to be taken once, in the amount of 200 mg.
It should be understood that coffee creates an increased load on the heart and increases myocardial oxygen demand. In case of a hangover, this is undesirable, but it does not carry great risks, and our expert does not believe that coffee for a hangover is absolutely contraindicated.
It is not recommended to take furosemide for these purposes. You can just drink water: but not in advance, but already with a hangover. True, there is a subtlety here: if you just puff up with water, then the osmotic pressure in the blood plasma will decrease (that is, the concentration of substances and salts dissolved in the blood), and you will want to use the toilet. This means that it will not be possible to instantly replenish the water shortage, and the process will drag on for quite a long time. It will be wise to replenish stocks of electrolyte salts before drinking water: for example, drink one glass of cabbage or cucumber pickle.
Also mineral water and oat broth restore blood volume faster than ordinary water. To prepare the broth, you need to take a glass of oat grains, cereals or at least flakes, pour 4-5 glasses of water, boil for 15-20 minutes, and then take half a liter twice after 40 minutes.
Also, taking aspirin helps to relieve swelling. Alcoholic drinks cause the formation of capillary erythrocyte microclots: lumps of red blood cells. They break down under the influence of acetylsalicylate (aspirin). These lumps contribute to the formation of edema. Aspirin also has a general pain relieving effect. You should take 500 mg of aspirin for every 35 kg of your weight. Fast-dissolving aspirin in the form of an effervescent tablet acts faster and softer.
Do not take aspirin at the same time as alcohol. Aspirin can be taken at least 2 hours before the start of the meal and 6 hours after the last drink.
Aspirin will also relieve inflammation
There is also a theory that some of the unpleasant sensations of a hangover stem from alcohol-induced inflammation. In 1983, the scientist S. Kayvola and co-authors, using the example of tolfenamic acid, reported on the effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in relieving hangover symptoms when taken twice as a preventive measure (shortly before libation and at night). Aspirin belongs to the same group of drugs. Thus, it was found that taking aspirin before the onset of a hangover (at night) will help reduce the manifestation of hangover symptoms (nausea, headache). Unfortunately, we cannot recommend this technique, as it creates a risk of bleeding. But this scientific study does a good job of supporting the effectiveness of aspirin and its analogs as a hangover agent.
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5. Restore the acid-base balance
- mineral water
- soda
1-2 teaspoons per 1-1.5 liters of water - succinic acid
- lemon acid
(dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons in half with boiled water and drink from a hangover) - dairy products
Violation of the acid-base balance in the body, doctors call the word acidosis. Alkaline (hydrocarbonate) mineral water or a small amount of soda can cope with this consequence of drinking: dissolve 1-2 teaspoons in 1-1.5 liters of water and drink. Note that baking soda can be more problematic than beneficial. Mineral water, on the other hand, acts not only due to hydrocarbons and is more balanced in its effect on acid-base balance.
If you choose between carbonated and non-carbonated mineral water, then it is better to give preference to the first one, because it will enter the bloodstream faster. In addition, gas bubbles bursting in the mouth have a tonic effect on their own.
An important clarification: we do not recommend taking soda or mineral water, but, on the contrary, something sour. It is better to remove acidosis not chemically, but metabolically: to spur metabolism (more precisely, only the Krebs cycle) and wait for its work to shift the balance from the acidic side to the alkaline one. To do this, you need to take acidic foods (according to the Le Chatelier principle, this will speed up the reaction). The best choices for treating a hangover at home are succinic acid (in tablets), citric acid, and lactic acid (in fermented milk products). All this should also be taken with caution: carefully read the recommendations in the relevant articles.
6. Improve your mood and performance
- glycine
2 tablets every hour, up to 5 times - picamilon
150-200 mg stretch all day - pantogam
Stretch 2 grams all day - mexidol
1-2 tablets up to three times a day - nonalcoholic beer
- novo-passite
1 tablet every 6-7 hours during the day - nigrustin
maximum per day: 6 pills, 6 capsules or 2 tablets - persen
- panangin (asparkam)
1-2 tablets before meals - magnesol
dissolve 2-3 tablets in water - magnesia
take the solution every 40-50 minutes, but no more than three times
The nervous system will be helped by glycine (dissolve 2 tablets every hour, up to 5 times), Picamilon nootropic tablets (take several tablets at the rate of 150-200 mg for the whole day), Pantogam (stretch 2 grams of the drug for the whole day) and Mexidol (by 1-2 tablets up to three times a day). Of the natural soothing ones, milk, hop tincture and beer (preferably non-alcoholic and in no case fortified) can be noted. Just do not lean on milk after drinking, because it is difficult to digest and, on the contrary, can aggravate your well-being.
Antidepressants are found in abundance in cocoa. Also read a separate article on how to deal with hangover depression. Do not neglect these tips, because a bad mood threatens to break down into a binge.
Do not take phenazepam if you have a hangover. He, of course, will help you fall asleep, but this is also dangerous: from vomiting in a dream, you can choke to death, this often happens. It also greatly increases the likelihood of lying down an arm or leg and losing it (crash syndrome). In addition, phenazepam after alcohol can cause hallucinations, disorientation and other dangerous effects, that is, "demolish the tower", which is dangerous for you and others.
To restore working capacity, at the end of all activities, caffeine (contained in coffee and tea), as well as other tonics and stimulants (taurine, guarana, ginseng), found in energy drinks and anti-hangover drugs, will help.
If you have time and energy, go out for a walk in the fresh air. A leisurely walk reduces anxiety, and fresh air speeds up your metabolism.
The extract of St. John's wort has a calming, anti-anxiety effect. If you brew and insist the herb on your own, laziness, then you can take more expensive means created on the basis of St. John's wort and other plants: Persen, Novo-passit (1 tablet every 6-7 hours during the day) or Negrustin (maximum daily dose: 6 tablets , 6 capsules or 2 tablets).
The following herbal preparations also calm the nerves and fight hangover insomnia:
- products with valerian;
- motherwort remedies;
- sedative herbal preparations from the pharmacy.
Also, doctors sometimes prescribe these herbs for alcoholism, to relieve cravings for alcohol. This means that they will not only help you move away from a hangover, but also reduce the likelihood of a binge.
Do not take corvalol, valocordin, and valoserdin for a hangover. They contain phenobarbital, which is incompatible with alcohol, and in itself is unsafe (it can cause delirium more severe than alcoholic, up to a coma).
The drugs Panangin (aka Asparkam), Magnesol and Magnesia will help to fill the lack of magnesium, which negatively affects the state of the nervous system and the heart. 1-2 Panangin tablets should be taken before meals. If you bought Magnesol, dissolve 2-3 effervescent tablets in water. You will have to tinker a little more with magnesia: you need to dissolve one ampoule of magnesia in half a glass of water or prepare such a solution yourself from magnesia powder (), and then take this dose every 40-50 minutes, but no more than three times.
Researchers from South Korea also note that red ginseng can help reduce hangover symptoms and restore memory and concentration faster. There is a boom in the hangover cure industry in South Korea, due to the fact that in this country it is customary to work and drink a lot with colleagues. Ginseng is used there historically, so it is natural that this plant was adopted. Remember that ginseng is a stimulant and not suitable for frequent use. Also, our expert claims that in theory this tool works only on Asians.
All homeworking remedies in one table:
How to get rid of guilt
If you feel guilty about what you did yesterday, don't worry. Most likely everyone is too busy with themselves to think about you. Everyone wakes up and thinks: "The horror that I said yesterday." Nobody wakes up thinking "The horror that he said yesterday!" Don't try to distract or suppress this emotion. Better study thoughts and sensations until they subside. Or write worried thoughts on a piece of paper or on a computer.
Inadequate feelings of guilt and shame will go away by themselves as the nervous system recovers. This will happen by itself over time. The tools and medicines described above will help speed up the process.
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So, what is the best drink for a hangover?
How to get rid of alcohol poisoning? Treatment is best done along all the fronts described: remove toxins, restore fluid balance, heal nerves. Please note that the effective set of remedies will depend on your current condition, on the amount you have drunk, on how long ago you last drank alcohol and ate food. For the selection of drugs for a hangover, you can use our specially developed methodology.
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Convenient tables for those who regularly treat hangovers
When in doubt about what to do, keep two tips handy: What to do if you have a hangover and What not to do if you have a hangover.
How to get over a hangover?
To recover from a booze, it is better to try to cleanse the body as much as possible and go to bed. However, if you are still very drunk, then ask someone to look after you. You need to watch so that you do not roll over onto your back and choke on vomit if you still start to feel sick (this happens).
If you can't sleep and you need to go to work, then first of all, don't drive. Second, drink strong tea or coffee. Before doing this, be sure to induce vomiting, especially if the last time you ate and drank less than 6 hours ago. Energy drinks are fine too, but you need to check your pulse. If your heart beats twice as fast as usual (160 versus 80 beats per minute), then refrain from energy drinks and coffee.
Take succinic acid with you to work and take no more than one tablet every 60 minutes. The fume smell will go away as the body breaks down the alcohol. Until the whole thing is processed, all that remains is to mask it with chewing gum.
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Folk remedies for a hangover
Not all folk remedies for hangover are so safe and time-tested, as popular nowadays medicine men and healers claim. But you should not give up all folk remedies at once due to the fact that they are too outdated and ineffective against the background of a potent pill. The effectiveness of some folk remedies is also confirmed by modern medicine. In this article, the expert of the Pohmelye.rf website, toxicologist Stanislav Radchenko will figure out which of the means actually work, and which are useless and even harmful.
Effective folk ways
| means | why does it work | notes |
|---|---|---|
| (drink and vomit) | all harmful substances are very quickly removed from the body | if strong and senseless vomiting lasts more than a day - take cerucal |
| in a dream, the body recovers faster | a drunken person should be watched by someone | |
| accelerate metabolism, including alcohol processing | are prohibited when getting out of a binge and with heart problems, as they load the heart | |
| relieve swelling, accelerate metabolism | not recommended for heart problems and high blood pressure | |
| water relieves swelling and headache, removes harmful substances faster. Mineral water is especially effective | drink a glass of brine before drinking water | |
| replenishes the supply of salts, helps the beneficial effect of water | drink no more than a glass - and it is the brine, not the marinade | |
| contains vitamin B1, enzymes, beneficial micro-organisms and organic acids that help to quickly remove harmful substances from the body | kvass should be natural, not canned. And not too "intoxicated", otherwise you will get a new dose of alcohol | |
| : yogurt, tan, ayran, kefir, kumis is especially useful | provide the body with proteins, vitamins and minerals, improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, restore strength, remove toxins and protect the liver | it is better to drink on an empty stomach, in small sips and in an amount of no more than 600 ml |
| contains vitamin B1, which is used for alcohol processing. Invigorates, but much softer than coffee | drink at the end of all detoxification procedures and not too much, because burdens the heart | |
| contains a number of anti-depressants, compensates for the magnesium deficiency in a hangover, invigorates, reduces headaches and anxiety | it is better to cook cocoa in water, because milk reduces its bioavailability. Optimal dose: 3/4 cup | |
| improves metabolism, accelerates the processing of alcohol | dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons in half with a large amount of boiled water so as not to irritate the gastric mucosa | |
| improves metabolism, has a calming and detoxifying effect. Fructose helps to process alcohol faster | take fractionally: stretch half a glass of honey for the whole day | |
| improve metabolism, help get rid of harmful substances, calm the nerves, provide us with potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus | after drinking, they cause unpleasant sensations instead of pleasure. As a result, a person stops drinking. | |
| oranges and lemons contain citric acid, which helps in the elimination of harmful substances. Bananas Replenish Hangover Potassium Deficiency | These fruits are ideal for a morning snack: they do not cause nausea and do not overload the digestive tract |
The links in the table lead to specific hangover treatments on the same page. Now let's take a closer look at why the above folk remedies really work, and how they need to be taken correctly.
Stomach cleansing
Attention! Exercise as a way to quickly get away from a hangover, we recommend only young and healthy people who do not have heart problems. You also need to check your pulse: you do not need to exercise if the pulse is already twice as high as your normal one (somewhere over 160 with a normal 80 beats per minute).
Sex, like any other physical activity, speeds up the metabolism, including the processing of alcohol. The release of endorphins during sex improves well-being and helps relieve headaches. Be careful, as with other physical exercise, hangover sex can put additional strain on the heart.
Sauna, bath, shower
In the bath, blood circulation and metabolism are activated, which contributes to the fastest processing of poisonous decomposition products of alcohol. A visit to the bath enhances skin respiration, improves blood circulation. The high temperature kills bacteria on the human body. Excessive sweating relieves dehydration and edema. In the bath, a person's mood improves and fresh strength appears.
The bath can be replaced with a salt bath: stir 300 grams of sea salt in warm water and lie there for half an hour. Remember: sauna, salt bath and contrast showers are not recommended for heart and blood pressure problems.
A contrast shower quickly brings you to the desired state: it invigorates, relieves swelling, and increases the efficiency of the brain. The main rule of a contrast shower is to start with hot water: from the very beginning, make the water quite warm, stand under it for 30 seconds, then turn on cold water and stand under it for 15-20 seconds. Then hot again, and so on. For the expected effect, you need to do three water change cycles.
Water, mineral water
One of the main reasons for feeling unwell in the morning is improper redistribution of fluid, when excess fluid accumulates in the tissues, creating edema, and the volume of circulating blood is not enough, and a person suffers from dryness. The rapid flow of water into the bloodstream normalizes the volume of circulating blood, stimulates urinary excretion and thereby eliminates tissue edema. Removing edema relieves headaches and reduces the burden on the heart.
Mineral water is three times more effective than ordinary water. It enters the bloodstream faster, therefore it helps to get rid of edema, headache, and also to remove poisonous decomposition products of alcohol from the body. Especially useful for the treatment of a hangover are "hydrocarbonate" mineral waters (Borjomi, Essentuki), which shift the acid-base balance in the body to the alkaline side, because it is usually sour in a state of alcohol intoxication.
Brine
Before drinking water, it is advisable to replenish the supply of salts: for example, drink a glass of brine (cabbage or cucumber) - and this will replenish the loss of electrolyte salts. By the way, in fact, cabbage pickle, not cucumber pickle, was actually a folk remedy for a hangover: unlike cucumber pickle, cabbage pickle contains succinic acid. You should not drink more than one glass, so as not to burden the heart. And make sure you drink the brine, not the marinade.
Kvass
Natural, not canned kvass contains a large amount of vitamin B1, enzymes, beneficial microorganisms and organic acids that help to quickly remove poisonous products of alcohol decomposition from the body. Not recommended for those suffering from gastritis or peptic ulcer in the acute stage. Be careful and do not drink excessively "intoxicated" kvass: this way you can accidentally get drunk. And getting drunk in the morning is not useful, but harmful - read about this dubious folk remedy below, in the same article.
Fermented milk drinks
Honey
Honey contains trace elements, redox enzymes, organic acids of the Krebs cycle - the most important link in metabolism. Honey has a calming and detoxifying effect. The fructose found in honey helps to cope with the processing of alcohol faster.
The picture shows the Krebs cycle and alcohol in the general scheme of human metabolism. ...
Our expert notes that at home, a hangover can be removed by cleansing the intestines and fractional intake of honey: 100 ml (half a glass) of honey should be stretched for the whole day, taking a little bit.
Seafood
Seafood increases appetite and metabolism, helps to get rid of poisonous breakdown products of alcohol faster, and also acts as a sedative. Seafood saturates the body with potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus, which are necessary in case of electrolyte imbalance arising from alcohol abuse.
However, the ability to absorb nutrients from a hangover is greatly reduced, so you should improve your health with seafood after the main detoxification measures (that is, after removing the poisonous decomposition products of alcohol from the body).
Citrus fruits and bananas
Oranges and lemons contain citric acid in large quantities, which helps to quickly remove toxic decomposition products of alcohol from the body.
Useless folk ways to relieve a hangover:
- get drunk
- force yourself to eat
- drink tomato juice
- eat garlic
- eat ginger
- to drink coffee
Let's find out why you shouldn't use these folk remedies.
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Tomato juice
Tomato juice is often mentioned in a number of folk remedies for hangover, along with pickle. Tomato juice contains some vitamins, pectin, organic acids of the Krebs cycle, including apple and succinic. But it also contains oxalic acid (oxalate), which simultaneously reduces the effects of both malic and succinic acid. Therefore, tomato juice does not give any special advantages over ordinary liquids.
Garlic
Garlic and garlic dishes contain substances that, when oxidized, yield the same metabolites as alcohol. Therefore, on the one hand, in accordance with Le Chatelier's principle, garlic slows down the oxidation of alcohol, prolonging its effect on the body, and on the other hand, in large doses, it itself causes a state very similar to a hangover. The vast majority of cases of heavy use of garlic (as well as onions, peppers, horseradish, mustard, spices) while drinking is accompanied by a heavier hangover.
Ginger
Like any stimulant, ginger can invigorate you for a short time. There is not much sense in this, because it is better to go to bed, it will quickly remove the hangover. In addition, ginger will additionally irritate the stomach, and this is a direct path to ulcers. Ginger will not help you cleanse the body (there is no scientific evidence for this), which means it is generally useless.
Coffee
Coffee awakens the brain, but puts more stress on the heart. The same caffeine (but in a smaller amount) is found in tea and in some special anti-hangover drugs - and in this form it acts more mildly. Caffeine is also found in non-alcoholic energy drinks, but it is not at all the main anti-hangover component there. An effective and useful analogue of caffeine (theobromine) is found in cocoa, which has already been written about in this article. Coffee can be drunk at the very end of detoxification activities, as a means of increasing performance.
Artichoke extract
The promoted hangover remedy in the West. Recently, it is gaining popularity in our country, including as a remedy for alcoholism. The artichoke does not cure a hangover: this was established by scientists from the University of the British city of Exeter back in 2003.
Sometimes it seems that such an abundance of holidays was invented by manufacturers of hangover remedies - there are, without exaggeration, now more than is required. A large assortment of "hangover pills" is produced and, as a rule, are a combination of various components aimed primarily at an antitoxic effect.
We decided to analyze the anti-hangover drugs market and on the basis of this analysis you will be able to choose the best hangover remedy that is right for you. In general, all drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies can be divided into two large groups: drugs that prevent a hangover and "pills" that treat a hangover. This division is not always true, since most of the anti-hangover drugs sold in pharmacies and at the checkout in supermarkets have a "binary" effect, that is, they can both prevent and cure hangover syndrome.
Drugs that prevent hangovers
You can also prevent a hangover with folk remedies, almost all of them are described in the article. It also helps a lot in this sense. The following drugs are aimed primarily at preventing hangovers, so they should be taken before, on time, or immediately after heavy libations.
DrinkOff
DrinkOFF is a drug produced by the Russian company Mertsana Service. Available in capsule and jelly form in three different flavors. It is positioned as a hangover prevention agent - it accelerates the metabolism of alcohol, then the rate of processing of alcohol breakdown products into harmless substances.
Composition: herbal extracts of ginger, licorice, eleutherococcus, mate, vitamins and antioxidants.
Opinion of doctors: excellent remedy to prevent hangovers and mild to moderate hangovers. Suitable for young (up to 40 years old) and healthy people who do not suffer from renal failure, arterial hypertension, gastrointestinal ulcer, type A gastritis, thyroid disease and liver disease in the acute stage.
How to use: for a person weighing 80 kg, it is recommended to take at least two or three capsules or one or two packs of jelly and then, depending on the amount of alcohol drunk.
Contraindications: Licorice root contained in the preparation, when taken for a long time, can cause secondary bile stasis and other liver problems.
Security Feel Better
Composition: artichoke, B vitamins, Chinese angelica root, Yunnan tea leaves, ascorbic acid.
Drinkers' opinion: an excellent remedy that not only helps to prevent hangovers, but also to reduce its negative effect in the event of the onset of the syndrome.
How to use: just drink the contents of the bottle without drinking or eating. It makes sense to drink before the feast. Has a pleasant pear flavor.
Alco buffer
Alco-buffer is a preparation based on milk thistle extracts and succinic acid salt. It is positioned as a means to prevent hangovers.
Composition: succinic acid, milk thistle extract.
Opinion of doctors: It makes sense to take only after cleansing the intestines.
How to use: before the feast, dissolve 3 tablets of 0.8 g in water and drink the solution.
Antipohmelin (RU-21)
Composition: glutamic acid (sodium glutamate), succinic acid, fumaric acid, ascorbic acid and glucose.
Opinion of doctors: an effective remedy that has no analogues.
How to use: a couple of tablets before the feast and 1-2 during the meal for every 100 ml of strong alcohol drunk and 250 ml of weak alcohol. With a hangover, you can drink 4-6 tablets.
Buffalo
Bison is a common succinic acid-based hangover prevention remedy.
Composition: succinic acid, bicarbonate (soda).
How to use: Dissolve the contents of 1 sachet in a glass of water and drink the solution before bedtime after taking alcohol. You can also drink the solution before drinking alcohol, which, according to the manufacturer, will increase your "norm" by 30-50%.
Zenalk
Composition: extracts of chicory, medicinal plant, terminalia hebule, terminalia belerik, grapes, date palm fruits, andrographis paniculata.
Opinion of doctors: the drug is an antidote to alcohol, not its decay products.
How to use: 2 capsules half an hour before or during libation, 2 - after.
Corrde
Corrda is a common preparation, which is a natural complex of biologically active substances obtained from grape raw materials. Replenishes the stores of the coenzyme NAD in the liver, which is oxidized in the liver during the processing of alcohol breakdown products.
Composition: flavodind and polyphenols.
Opinion of doctors: Natural detoxifier, slow release. The drug is suitable as a maintenance therapy for prolonged withdrawal from hard drinking, but not as an ambulance for a hangover.
How to use: 2 tablets 30 minutes before the meal, up to 6 tablets on time. With a severe hangover, 2 tablets 3 times a day for no more than 1-2 days.
Hangover Remedies That Cure
To understand how the following drugs work, we recommend that you read the article. As a folk remedy for a hangover, you can use. This article provides 1 improvised means.
Zorex
Zorex is a drug that accelerates the oxidation of alcohol and protects the liver. It also effectively removes the decay products of alcohol, which are one of the root causes of a hangover. Available in capsules and effervescent tablets.
Composition: the main active ingredient is unitiol.
Opinion of doctors: see contraindications.
How to use: 1 capsule immediately in the morning, the second during the day, depending on how you feel. You can also take the capsule immediately after a meal, before bed. Capsules should be drunk 30 minutes before meals without chewing.
Contraindications: Zorex is a very common cause of an allergic reaction, so you should think carefully before taking this drug.
Alka-Seltzer, Alkoseltzer
Alkozeltzer - one of the most famous hangover remedies, has been produced since the 30s of the last century. Mainly combats hangover symptoms, not causes. The drug can be used both as a hangover prevention and as a remedy for it.
Composition: aspirin, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), citric acid
Opinion of doctors: An excellent remedy for suppressing hangover symptoms, but it should be viewed solely as a temporary measure that gives the sufferer a resource to actively cleanse his body with more radical methods.
How to use: Dissolve two tablets in water and drink either before bedtime after a feast, or in the morning, already with a hangover. The maximum allowable dose is 9 tablets. An interval of 4 hours should be maintained between doses.
Alkocline
Alkokline - tablets or powder that must be dissolved in water, based on glutargin. Acts approximately the same as Zorex.
Composition: the main active ingredient is glutargin.
How to use: for prophylaxis - 2 tablets or 2 sachets 1-2 hours before libation. For treatment - 1 tablet or 1 sachet 4 times a day with a minimum interval of 1 hour.
Alka-prim
Alka-prime is another well-known drug, the composition of which is almost the same as Alka-seltzer. Produced in Ukraine.
Composition: aspirin, sodium bicarbonate (soda), glycine.
Opinion of doctors: a good alternative to Alka-Seltzer.
How to use: Dissolve 2 effervescent tablets in a glass of water and drink. For severe hangovers, you can take up to 4 of these doses per day.
Vega +
Vega + is a biologically active food supplement, the basis of which is an extract of the peritoneal fluid of mammals (suckling pigs), which promotes regeneration processes, the elimination of decay products and toxins from the body, has a pronounced detoxification property.
Composition: ethanol extract of peritoneal fluid, monosugar, non-protein thiol compounds, cyclic nucleotides, vitamins B1 and B6.
How to use: 35-45 drops at intervals of 20-30 minutes until you feel better. The drug is compatible with almost all foods and drinks, except for dairy drinks. You can also take 35-40 drops during a feast.
Stand up
A preparation based on plant extracts. More suitable for removing from hard drinking.
Composition: St. John's wort, thyme, dry ginseng extract, rose hips, citric acid.
Opinion of doctors: In general, a well-balanced composition, but more suitable for long-term elimination from binge drinking, treatment of withdrawal symptoms than for providing first aid for a hangover.
How to use: Dissolve 1 tablet in a glass of water and drink after a meal before bedtime, or after a hangover in the morning.
good morning
Guten Morgen is nothing more than dry brine in bags, which is much more convenient than a three-liter jar.
Composition: dried pickled cucumber concentrate, dill, cloves, garlic, black pepper, etc.
Opinion of doctors: like pickle - a very effective hangover remedy, it will restore the reserves of potassium and magnesium.
How to use: dissolve in ordinary drinking water up to 200 ml, drink with a hangover.
Contraindications: No.
Limontar
Lemontar is a mixture of succinic and citric acid. Produced by the domestic company "Biotics".
Composition: succinic acid, citric acid.
How to use: Crush the tablet in a glass and cover with water, add baking soda on the tip of a knife. One tablet can be taken one hour before the feast, during the feast, one tablet can be taken at intervals of 1 hour. Better to limit yourself to 4 tablets per day.
Medichronal
Composition: sodium formate, glucose, others.
Opinion of doctors: "Medichronal" contains sodium formate (sodium salt of formic acid) - a compound well known in the chemical, light industry (etching of fabrics and tanning of leather), construction (antifreeze additive in concrete). Its peculiarity is that in the absence of sufficient amounts of acetaldehyde, it itself has a toxic effect, therefore it is better to use drugs based on it, being confident in the severity of the hangover syndrome.
How to use: the contents of both powder sachets should be dissolved in a glass of warm water, the solution should be drunk after meals. According to the manufacturer, relief comes in 20-30 minutes.
Contraindications: see doctors' opinion.
Piel-Alco
Piel-Alco contains in its composition the most important compounds of energy metabolism, which effectively relieve the unpleasant symptoms of a hangover.
Updated: 05.12.
Drinking large amounts of alcohol can cause dry mouth, headaches, fatigue, and drowsiness. The eyes turn red, so you have to avoid direct sunlight.
Nausea and vomiting are common. If you have all the above symptoms, you need to urgently eliminate them. There are dozens of drugs on the pharmacological market.
Based on consumer feedback, a rating was compiled. All funds are divided into 3 categories - hangover pills, effective enterosorbents, folk remedies.
Hangover pills
Medicines have a combined effect. They not only eliminate nausea, headache, but also cope with unpleasant sensations in the stomach. Available in capsules, effervescent tablets, and tinctures. You don't need to take a handful of medications at the same time. It is enough to buy the product in advance and take it in the morning. Drink the preparation with a glass of clean water.
Advantages
- They have a complex effect.
- Can be found at any pharmacy.
- Fast action.
- Convenient to take.
- As a rule, they are produced with a pleasant taste and smell.
disadvantages
- High price.
- There are contraindications.
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The preparation contains acetylsalicylic acid, soda and a sedative - glycine. Users report fast and effective action.
You need to take with meals. To do this, it is enough to dissolve the tablets in water.
Fill the glass three quarters full. During the day, the drug can be drunk one or two tablets 2 to 4 times.
The drug enhances the action of insulin, anticoagulant, corticosteroids and sulfonamides.
- Helps relieve mild to moderate headache and muscle weakness.
- Relieves hangover syndrome.
- It is prescribed in combination with colds and viral diseases.
- Reduces temperature and nervous tension.
- Cannot be used for peptic ulcer and other inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract.
- High price.
- May cause side effects - nausea, vomiting, bleeding.
Designed to accelerate the breakdown of alcohol and quickly remove harmful components from the body. Contains calcium pantothenate and utinol.
Effectively protects the liver. Promotes detoxification.
If signs of a hangover still appear in the morning, you need to take the drug again. It is also allowed to use the medicine during the day.
But keep in mind that in total, you cannot take more than 3 capsules in one day. Also in pharmacies you can find "Zorex morning".
It has an equally effective effect. The composition additionally includes succinic acid, baking soda, aspirin.
Are in the form of effervescent tablets.
- Fast action.
- Relieves intoxication.
- Convenient to use.
- Neutral odor and taste.
- Can be taken immediately after a meal.
- Often causes an allergic reaction.
- Not as effective when reused.
Homemade hangover medicine. In Western countries there is a similar drug known as RU-2.
Contains glucose, succinic acid, ascorbic acid and other substances that help eliminate hangovers. Differs in a unique action.
Eliminates the negative effect and other toxic components at the time of the formation of acetaldehyde. Due to this, hazardous substances are in the body for much less time.
If you did not have this opportunity, take 5 tablets in the morning. It also has a rather interesting property.
May prolong the feeling of drunkenness regardless of the amount of alcohol.
- Quickly and fully digests alcohol.
- Reduces intoxication.
- A dietary supplement is not a drug.
- Virtually no contraindications.
- Low price.
- Available in any pharmacy or supermarket.
- For a quick effect, you have to take almost the entire package.
- Some users point out the complex usage pattern.
- Unlike its predecessors and other analogues, it has an unpleasant taste.
Contains several active ingredients - aminoacetic acid (glycine), sodium formate, glucose, as well as low molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone. Effectively removes alcohol from the body, and also relieves intoxication.
Doctors equate the effect of the drug with an infusion treatment - a dropper. It is prescribed in combination with other medications during the treatment of alcohol syndrome.
- Improves brain activity.
- Supports metabolism.
- Eliminates craving for alcohol.
- Normalizes liver function.
- Neutralizes alcoholic toxins.
- Additionally, it relieves anxiety, anxiety, and helps to fall asleep.
- It will take a long time for all hangover symptoms to disappear.
Perhaps the best hangover cure. It is especially popular.
But at the same time, there are a lot of conflicting reviews on the network. The composition includes the most common components - citric and acetylsalicylic acid, baking soda.
Designed to relieve headaches and eliminate discomfort in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Convenient to use. It is enough to dissolve 2 tablets in water.
- Equalizes acid-base balance.
- Relieves heartburn.
- Good pain relief.
- Safe composition.
- Relieves intoxication.
- A greater effect is achieved if taken immediately after a meal.
- Will not relieve pressure headaches.
Hangover sorbents
You can also eliminate the grave consequences of a pleasant evening with friends with the help of enterosorbents. This category of drugs absorbs and in a short time removes from the body not only toxins, but also other harmful components.
The effectiveness of each drug depends on the sorbing surface in the gastrointestinal tract. You need to take the remedy immediately after drinking alcohol, as well as before bedtime. There are a huge number of their types. In addition to the classic black "Activated Carbon", you can find more effective and improved drugs on the shelves of pharmacies.
Advantages
- Absorbs alcohol breakdown products.
- They have a combined effect.
- You can also take the drug before the meal. This will prevent the poison from entering your bloodstream.
- Various forms of release.
- Affordable price.
disadvantages
- Some types of sorbent remove useful trace elements from the body and disrupt the intestinal microflora.
- Bad taste.
- Inconvenient dosage.
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Wood processing product. Contains lignin and cellulose.
Produced in powder form. Odorless and tasteless.
This mitigates the adverse increase in erythrocyte membrane stiffness. Does not cause disorders of the cardiovascular system.
It has a positive effect on blood microcirculation.
- Reduces the clinical manifestations of a hangover.
- Helps to maintain efficiency the next day after drinking alcohol.
- Prevents intoxication.
- Low price.
- Natural composition.
- Unpleasant consistency.
- Constipation.
The drug is designed to combat diarrhea of various origins. Helps improve the condition of the intestinal mucosa.
It has all the properties of an adsorbent. Quickly absorbs and removes toxins and harmful microorganisms from the body.
It is thanks to this property that the drug has also begun to be used to fight hangovers. "Smecta" increases the absorption of alcohol.
During this time, the body has time to process acetaldehyde. That prevents the accumulation of harmful components and subsequent poisoning.
To avoid a hangover, you should need two sachets of the drug, diluted with water. This mixture should be drunk before bedtime or a direct feast.
If you have a morning hangover, you need to repeat the procedure. But keep in mind that the drug slows down the action of other medicines.
2 hours after ingestion, it is necessary to empty the intestines. Otherwise, the harmful effects of the collected toxins will begin.
Even if you took a sorbent at night, ask to wake up your relatives or set an alarm.
- There are no contraindications, including age-related.
- Does not cause side effects.
- Does not harm the intestines.
- High degree of adsorption.
- The drug can be taken during pregnancy and lactation.
- Long-term use causes constipation and failure of intestinal motility.
- It is forbidden to use with fructose intolerance and intestinal obstruction.
Produced in the form of a white powder. Contains silicon dioxide.
Does not contain additional impurities. For reception, it is advisable to use water or other liquid.
In addition to alcohol poisoning, it will also help eliminate intoxication with expired food, drugs and other harmful components. If used in suspension form, the drug will absorb toxins, allergens and other metabolic products.
Also "Polysorb" will remove viruses and bacteria from the body. The action begins one hour after ingestion.
For maximum effectiveness, you first need to flush the stomach. Dissolve the drug in water according to the dosage indicated in the instructions and drink.
After 25 minutes, induce vomiting. Then take the drug again after 3 hours.
Divide the permissible amount per day in such a way as to take the product once every 1.5 hours. To replenish fluid in the body, take additionally "Regidron".
You will also need to continue therapy the next day. In severe cases, for example, to get out of the binge, you will need to take the medicine for about 10 days without interruption.
- It has an effective effect on alcohol intoxication.
- It is not absorbed into the blood.
- It is gently excreted from the body.
- Affordable price.
- Bad taste.
- It removes useful components from the body.
The drug contains silicon dioxide. Able to absorb and remove alcohol metabolites from the body.
Prevents alcohol and food intoxication. After taking the headache stops.
The delayed reaction of the body also disappears. Does not affect the absorption of vitamins and minerals.
After the event, it is enough to take 2 or 3 tablespoons of the gel. Can be dissolved in a glass of water or simply washed down.
In the morning, repeat at the same dosage. This will prevent alcohol from entering your bloodstream.
Enterosgel eliminates bad breath. It is often used by drivers before driving.
Take 4 tablespoons and the same amount in the morning. But we do not advise taking such risks.
In a drunken state, it is still not advisable to drive.
- Unlike most "anti-hangover" drugs, "Enterosgel" can be taken for a long time.
- Does not cause side effects.
- It will help to cope with headaches and gastrointestinal disorders.
- Convenient form of admission.
- Easy to deal with dosage.
- Has a combined effect.
- Bad taste.
- High price.
- It is quickly consumed.
Classic sorbent. It will help to remove the products of poisoning.
The correct admission procedure must be followed. Visit the toilet.
It is important to empty both the intestines and the stomach. Then take Activated Carbon.
For convenience, you can crush the tablets. Pour the resulting mixture with water and mix well.
A homogeneous mixture will more effectively collect toxins. Empty your stomach and intestines again after 2 hours.
The adsorbent will have time to accumulate alcohol and harmful oils. If you don't, the toxins will go back to your stomach.
For maximum effect, drink a highly targeted hangover medicine after 1 hour. It is forbidden to take any drugs at the same time as the sorbent.
Otherwise, all useful components will be excreted from the body. You can also purchase a new type of drug - "White Coal".
The tool is designed to eliminate alcohol poisoning. It will also help prevent hangovers.
Pharmaceutical companies use silicon dioxide as the main active ingredient. It has similar characteristics to its "progenitor", but also has a number of improvements.
- Fully soluble in water.
- A single dose is one tablet. "Black coal" will work if you take 10 tablets.
- There are 2 forms of release - in tablets and powder.
- Effectively prevents intoxication.
- Fast action.
- It also helps to remove other harmful substances from the body.
- The black preparation will also help eliminate loose stools.
- There are contraindications.
Folk remedies for getting rid of a hangover
If you don't trust drug companies, use the old proven hangover control methods. The body is individual. Therefore, it can react differently to traditional medicine. Let's take a look at the most proven methods of getting rid of a hangover. Please note that this treatment has its advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages
- Lack of complex chemical elements in the composition.
- Low price.
- Recipes tested by experience and time.
- They have a mild effect.
disadvantages
- Not all funds can be combined.
- There are contraindications and possible side effects.
- Untimely assistance for intoxication can aggravate the condition.
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Vegetable pickle for a hangover
Hangovers cause dehydration. More precisely, this is one of the main reasons. After all, alcoholic beverages are diuretics. Suppression of the hormone vasopressin disrupts the water-salt balance. Also, the body loses moisture with rapid breathing. Plain water won't help here. Since the osmotic pressure decreases.
In this case, cabbage or cucumber pickle will do. Initially, cabbage pickle was considered the main folk remedy for a hangover. It contains succinic acid.
Alcoholic beverages disrupt the exchange of neurotransmitters, which include aminopropionic acid. Drinking milk will help break down acetaldehyde. Peanuts, cottage cheese and sesame seeds have a similar effect. If you drink milk before an exercise, the toxins will not be absorbed and will not enter your bloodstream.
Just don't overdo it. Whole milk has a negative effect on digestion. Drink 200 ml of milk 30 minutes before drinking alcohol. If you show signs of a hangover in the morning, you will need another glass of dairy. If you feel vomiting afterwards, that's for the best. This will cleanse your stomach of toxins. Then drink 100 ml of milk every hour until you are completely relieved.
- Milk contains vitamins A, D, B 12, as well as potassium, magnesium, sodium, calcium.
- Activates metabolism.
- Opens up pores.
- Kills bacteria on the skin.
- Can be combined with herbal drinks or mineral water.
- Not suitable for people with high blood pressure.
- It is also undesirable to visit a steam bath. The load on the heart increases with a hangover. Better take a salt bath.
- Cold has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin.
- This method does not include the use of harmful chemicals.
- Reduces temperature.
- It has a beneficial effect on the nervous system.
- There are contraindications. It is forbidden to make a cold compress for fever, bleeding, skin damage.
Exotic cocktail
Drink must be taken before the event. Combine one egg yolk with a tablespoon of sugar. Add 3 tablespoons sour cream or cream. You will also need nutmeg (a small pinch) and two tablespoons of vodka. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes and then add the whipped egg white and 2 tablespoons of vodka. Place the noufrost in the refrigerator and have a drink before the meal.
conclusions
Getting rid of a hangover in the morning is not so difficult. But you can easily prevent the unpleasant condition. Please consult your doctor before using the above methods.
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