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now, there's blowfish. not the poisonous puffer fish.-the-counter drug, that promises to upright your hangover. not with fins. but with fizz. what makes blowfish more effective than just aspirin and a cup of coffee? >> well, the thing that's special about it is it's an effervescent. so, for one thing, it forces the suffererers to hydrate. >> reporter: bytox and blowfish are two of a growing list of hangover products, tried and tested by researchers that turn themselves into lab rats. >> i had at least 12 shots of tequila. >> reporter: admittedly, the typical scientific protocols for testing didn't apply. >> i was surprised how great i felt. >> reporter: but the authors of a 2005 study, found no convincing evidence that any conventional remedies can cure a hangover. and dr. grossman doesn't exactly dispute that. >> it's not a cure. it's only a prevention. >> reporter: while the scien
now, there's blowfish. not the poisonous puffer fish.-the-counter drug, that promises to upright your hangover. not with fins. but with fizz. what makes blowfish more effective than just aspirin and a cup of coffee? >> well, the thing that's special about it is it's an effervescent. so, for one thing, it forces the suffererers to hydrate. >> reporter: bytox and blowfish are two of a growing list of hangover products, tried and tested by researchers that turn themselves into lab...
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and now there's blowfish. no, not the poisonous puffer fish.r-the-counter drug that promises to upright your hangover. not with fins but with fizz. what makes blowfish more effective than just aspirin and a cup of coffee? >> well, the thing that's special about it is that it's an effervescent. so for one thing, that forces, you know, the sufferer to hydrate. >> reporter: but the authors of a 2005 study in the british medical journal found no convincing evidence that any conventional remedies can cure a hangover. and dr. grossman doesn't exactly dispute that. >> it's not a cure. it's only a prevention. >> reporter: while the science ebatable, the novelty of selling a cure for a super bowl hangover is not. i'm linsey davis in new york. >> or just hide it under a hat, right? >> yeah. >> that's what's making news in >> yeah. >> that's what's making news in americ closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >>> nearly a dozen people have been shot in oakland in the paflt 24 hours. i'm katie marzullo live with details watch has turned out to
and now there's blowfish. no, not the poisonous puffer fish.r-the-counter drug that promises to upright your hangover. not with fins but with fizz. what makes blowfish more effective than just aspirin and a cup of coffee? >> well, the thing that's special about it is that it's an effervescent. so for one thing, that forces, you know, the sufferer to hydrate. >> reporter: but the authors of a 2005 study in the british medical journal found no convincing evidence that any conventional...
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and now there's blowfish. no, not the poisonous puffer fish.ver-the-counter drug that promises to upright your hangover. not with fins but with fizz. what makes blowfish more effective than just aspirin and a cup of coffee? >> well, the thing that's special about it is that it's an effervescent. so for one thing, that forces, you know, the sufferer to hydrate. >> reporter: but the authors of in the british medical journal found no convincing evidence that any conventional remedies can cure a hangover. and dr. grossman doesn't exactly dispute that. >> it's not a cure. it's only a prevention. >> reporter: while the science is debatable, the novelty of selling a cure for a super bowl hangover is not. i'm linsey davis in new york. >> this is our facebook question of the day. check out wnnfans.com, let us know what remedy works for you. >> what works for you, rob? >> i don't drink. >> ah. >> that's a lie. yeah. >> apparently, that is a lie. >> a picture from the holiday office party. >> yeah. >> i appreciate that. >> a couple of advil in the morning
and now there's blowfish. no, not the poisonous puffer fish.ver-the-counter drug that promises to upright your hangover. not with fins but with fizz. what makes blowfish more effective than just aspirin and a cup of coffee? >> well, the thing that's special about it is that it's an effervescent. so for one thing, that forces, you know, the sufferer to hydrate. >> reporter: but the authors of in the british medical journal found no convincing evidence that any conventional remedies...