IV bags are there to get you out of the shit. In the UK its pretty rare to get an IV bag, unless you are a celebrity.
In Las Vegas there's a hangover bus that travels around that hooks you up to an IV and gives you medicine to recover in an hour
IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
> And hung-over medical personnel You're being down-voted, but I know a number of military medics and hospital employees who do this after heavy drinking. Seems to work like a charm.
Wasn't there a scene in Hangover (the movie) where this was offered as service in Las Vegas?
It's offered as a service in Denver - IIRC the ads are focused on helping you feel better when you're low on energy or whatever, but I know people who have gone for hangovers.
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#63> You can also make good oral rehydration solutions yourself at home for pennies: Just take 32 ounces of water and add 6 teaspoons of sugar and a half-teaspoon of salt. > resist the temptation to drink at a normal rate... An ounce at a time every few minutes This should be something everyone learns. Many common headaches are just dehydration. When you've got a cold or flu, dehydration is common and makes you feel eve…
Would drinking oral rehydration solution mixed with vodka prevent the hangover from occurring in the first place?
A lot of the hangover effect comes from acetaldehyde, a somewhat toxic product of the metabolism of alcohol.
A big part of the hangover is waiting for your body to get rid of acetaldehyde. Drinking more reduces your awareness of the effects of acetaldehyde, but increases the total amount of it in your body, prolonging the hangover.
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#64This is fascinating for me to read as a person who is rather convinced that trendiness tends to overwhelm reason in much of wellness practices.
But I happened to try an elective iv clinic on Sunday — after a hard workout and long night the previous day — https://www.onusiv.com. I’ve never had an iv before — but the experience was genuinely awesome — muscle pain decreased, I felt lighter and energized, and my mood improved dramatically.
It’s funny to read about how iv’s aren’t useful so quickly after having used one for the first time and been genuinely persuaded that it was effective ...
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#65> You can also make good oral rehydration solutions yourself at home for pennies: Just take 32 ounces of water and add 6 teaspoons of sugar and a half-teaspoon of salt. > resist the temptation to drink at a normal rate... An ounce at a time every few minutes This should be something everyone learns. Many common headaches are just dehydration. When you've got a cold or flu, dehydration is common and makes you feel eve…
Would drinking oral rehydration solution mixed with vodka prevent the hangover from occurring in the first place?
Yes, but likely unnecessary. Though unless you're drinking alone you're probably having some salty nuts or other snacks while you drink so really water will be fine. These solutions are for people who are in serious acute dehydration, which you won't be after a night of drinking unless there are other factors.
Simply drinking a large glass of water before going out, and having a glass of water after each alcoholic drink, is a pretty good way to avoid a hangover.
(also the water will help you pee out a lot of toxic crud that your kidneys have kindly removed from your bloodstream for you).
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#66> You can also make good oral rehydration solutions yourself at home for pennies: Just take 32 ounces of water and add 6 teaspoons of sugar and a half-teaspoon of salt. > resist the temptation to drink at a normal rate... An ounce at a time every few minutes This should be something everyone learns. Many common headaches are just dehydration. When you've got a cold or flu, dehydration is common and makes you feel eve…
Quick tip: for kids, you can make popsicles out of the solution, which will moderate the rate at which they drink it.
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#67With Vitamin Water and Raw Water, can a startup to market "Hangover Cure Water" or "Headache Water" be far behind?
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#68You can buy approved oral rehydration powder pretty cheaply [1]. I keep it around for backpacking trips and such.
Also, I've heard, but have not verified, that coconut water is a decent approximation. I'm not sure if this is true, but it's certainly delicious.
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#69> You can also make good oral rehydration solutions yourself at home for pennies: Just take 32 ounces of water and add 6 teaspoons of sugar and a half-teaspoon of salt. > resist the temptation to drink at a normal rate... An ounce at a time every few minutes This should be something everyone learns. Many common headaches are just dehydration. When you've got a cold or flu, dehydration is common and makes you feel eve…
Would drinking oral rehydration solution mixed with vodka prevent the hangover from occurring in the first place?
I like your thinking. It would help but not prevent it. Sleep deprivation is also a big factor in hangovers.
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#70IV bags are there to get you out of the shit. In the UK its pretty rare to get an IV bag, unless you are a celebrity.
EMT here. Venous access is mandatory protocol in many emergent cases, such as trauma and cardiac. If they already have hypovolemia, eg bleeding, it's not going to get better by itself. Reduced BP, impaired perfusion, or anemia will all end up shorting the brain and heart muscle eventually, so they want to stay ahead of that. Also, if a surgery is expected later, they want an empty stomach because vomiting is not good…
Aye, but then, you're potentially in the shit right? emergency medicine is basically assuming the worst.... an unknown patient, suffering potentially large injuries, its best to get that cannula in right now, before its much, much harder. Its totally prudent to get a line in.
What I was talking about was walking in to A&E with a slight cold and a headache, you might get a drip if your totally drunk, but you're going to get a grey needle (the largest one you can get.) and its not going to be comfortable.