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New Year Hangover Guidance: Hydrate, Replace Electrolytes, Skip Paracetamol

Public health guidance focuses on symptom relief rather than shortcuts to alcohol elimination.

Overview

  • BIÖG advises drinking water between alcoholic drinks and a large glass before sleep to lessen next-day discomfort.
  • Rehydration with electrolytes the next morning is stressed, using pharmacy powders or accessible options like juices, sports drinks, bananas and mineral water with a salty snack.
  • The liver clears roughly 0.1–0.2‰ alcohol per hour, so showers, coffee or exercise may help you feel better but do not speed metabolism.
  • Pharmacists caution against paracetamol for hangover headaches because the liver is already processing alcohol.
  • Simple remedies such as fruit, chicken soup, herbal teas, coffee with lemon, ginger or chamomile, and glucose–electrolyte mixes can soothe nausea and headaches.