No Scientific Evidence of a Hangover Cure
Of the 21 “cures,” there were only three — pyritinol, clove extract, and tolfenamic acid — that may have potential.
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Many people who wake up with a hangover swear they will never drink again. But instead, they wake up with a hangover preaching the same thing by the following weekend. Some will wake up to look at their smartphones, Googling “hangover cures” in search of anything to relieve the headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and other forms of feeling like shit associated with alcohol.
Sadly, the recommended supplements you find on google never work. A newer study published in the journal Addiction done by scientists with the Maudsley NHS Foundation and Trust South London in England verifies this opinion.
No Evidence for a Hangover Cure
Colin Drummond, Emmert Roberts, Rachel Smith, and Matthew Hotopf researched the published scientific data searching for placebo-controlled, randomized studies in healthy adults which looked at pharmacological substances to prevent or treat hangovers. They found 21 studies in total, each looking at a different cure.
Of the 21 “cures,” there were only three — pyritinol, clove extract, and tolfenamic acid — that may have potential.
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