Moonraker
07-28-2003, 06:03 PM
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:33:02 -0500, "oma goodness" <sammcginty@ev1.net>
wrote:
>
> >After drinking regularly for several days, maintaining a blood alcohol
> >content of around .05 (not .5), a person stops drinking completely.
> >(Vacation is over.)
> >
> >The next day, there is a sustained queasy feeling, some heaving coughs, a
> >low level headache, intermittent perspiration and some sort of hot / cold
> >flashes.
> >
> >Is this normal? Does anyone know the physiology behind this and why it
> >happens?
> >
> >Is there anything to take to abate these symptoms (non-alcoholic and non
> >narcotic of course), like herbal tea for example?
It's called a "hangover".
Drink Gatorade.
Take Tylenol.
wrote:
>
> >After drinking regularly for several days, maintaining a blood alcohol
> >content of around .05 (not .5), a person stops drinking completely.
> >(Vacation is over.)
> >
> >The next day, there is a sustained queasy feeling, some heaving coughs, a
> >low level headache, intermittent perspiration and some sort of hot / cold
> >flashes.
> >
> >Is this normal? Does anyone know the physiology behind this and why it
> >happens?
> >
> >Is there anything to take to abate these symptoms (non-alcoholic and non
> >narcotic of course), like herbal tea for example?
It's called a "hangover".
Drink Gatorade.
Take Tylenol.