An enterprising anesthesiologist is offering hungover people in Las Vegas an intravenous treatment:
“Burke set up an IV bag in his office and inserted a catheter into his foot. ‘That’s really the only place that’s easy to start an IV on yourself,’ he says. ‘I let probably 300 or 400 cc’s of fluid in.’ The hydration offered some relief, but not enough to declare victory over his hangover. ‘I said, “OK, it’s time to put the drugs in. Let’s see what’s going to happen with this.”‘
“First, he added Zofran, an anti-nausea medicine. ‘After about 10 minutes, the nausea started melting away.’ Then, he added Toradol. ‘When I get hangovers, it feels like there’s a vice on my head.’ The impact of the Toradol was dramatic, however. ‘Literally, within three minutes, it was like someone had unscrewed the vice. I was like, ‘Good God, I can’t believe I’ve been suffering all these years when I could have been done with it in 30 minutes.’”
