# Hangover sweats and chills **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983 "2000-02-02T17:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![inertia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@inertia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inertia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983/21 "2000-02-09T03:44:00Z")
Yeah, sulfites. I used to think you’d only find 'em in cheap wine, but I was at the Chicago Chop House the other day and this friend of mine expensed an expensive bottle of vino for us and much to my surprise, there they were “contains sulfites.” Who’d have guessed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983/22 "2000-02-09T12:40:00Z")
Damn it Sentinel I don’t wanna know all that !! Party pooper ! Nay sayer !! Sheesh, where the hells my whiskey ? You drive me to drink. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![falcon2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@falcon2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/falcon2)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983/23 "2000-02-10T06:55:00Z")
While Sentinel make some very good points about how taking B’s, Multi minerals, and lotsa fluids before an after the fact will help patch you up. I wouldn’t go with the Excedrin route, first off it has caffeine in it, which is not great when trying to get to sleep, and healthanswers has this to say: acetaminophen: > [@](#): > > Drinking too much alcohol may increase the risk of liver damage from high doses of acetaminophen. Do not mix high doses of acetaminophen with alcohol. Aspirin: > [@](#): > > Drinking alcohol while taking aspirin may increase your risk of getting stomach ulcers. If you take aspirin on a regular basis, avoid drinking alcohol. Ibuprofen: > [@](#): > > Avoid alcohol while taking any of these medications. Alcohol irritates the stomach and increases irritation due to NSAIDs. I’ll take the stomach irritation over the bonus liver damage. Unfortunatly, for the more sever hangovers, extra stomach irritation almost always lead to long chats with uncle John. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983/24 "2000-02-10T16:56:00Z")
Sentinel said > [@](#): > > perspire heavily – and THAT will reek of alcohol because the body is dumping the stuff as fast as possible I have often wondered about this. How does alcohol get into one’s sweat? I can’t imagine how alcohol in the blood passes through the walls of the circulatory passages and gets into the sweat glands. I always thought that you smelled like booze more because of your breath hanging around you. Anyone care to explain. And thanks for a) a great explanation of the physiological effects of booze and b) for ruining my fun. Now i will feel **really, really** guilty if I ever muster the courage to drink again. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983/25 "2000-02-10T17:40:00Z")
a hard-drinkin’ friend said if he had a bad shaky hangover the next day he would take a slug of something lilke Benadryl or Nyquil, it would soothe his nerves and he would go to sleep for a while and wake up feelling much better. But Nyquil has acetominaphen in it which can be dangerous, so don’t take that! ---
**Author:** ![frolix8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@frolix8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frolix8)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983/26 "2000-02-11T06:30:00Z")
Here’s some info on alchohol’s effect on the brain: [http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/medicine/medicine45/medicine45.html](http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/medicine/medicine45/medicine45.html) I’ve read that all American vodka is virtually identical, sometimes the cheap and expensive brands come from the same vat. Marketing and advertising are the main differences. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983.md?page=1)