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Hangover cures don't work, but shed light on drinking habits.
Byline: Tracy Wheeler
AKRON, Ohio _ They promise all the libationary revelry of New Year's Eve, but "No headache, no nausea, no regrets." They can "ensure that a wonderful night doesn't lead to the worst of mornings." Or to put it somewhat clinically, they'll "reduce the harmful and toxic byproducts of alcohol consumption."
They are over-the-counter hangover fixes _ with clever names like RU-21, Chaser and Sober-X _ and they're everywhere these days, at drugstore checkout counters, in prime-time TV commercials and, of course, on the Internet.
And guess what? They don't work.
Even if they did, Dr. Victoria Sanelli suggests that you may want to consider what it says about you and your drinking habits if you're willing to plop down $6.79 to $29.95 in an attempt to cure a problem _ an avoidable one, at that _ before it even appears.
"If you have to look for a hangover cure, dude, alcohol is obviously way too important for you," said Sanelli, associate medical director of the Ignatia Hall Acute Alcohol & Drug…
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