Educational.
I was told that full-fat Coca-Cola was a good anti-emetic.

Based on today's evidence, that is sometimes not so.

But it does make your sick brown and fizzy.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 20:42, 12 replies)

Does
it neutralise some of the acid reflux?
(Medical_Male Say aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 20:47, closed)

Nope.
It does - or did on this occasion - almost exactly fuck all.

*awaits the day when hESC technology generates a cure for migraine*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 20:52, closed)

hESC Anti-Migraine
...I'm with you on this. I don't drink often but when I do I have two or three days afterwards when I'm ... bleurgh.
(Medical_Male Say aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 20:57, closed)

Oh, yeah.
I had a drink with dinner, but was stone cold sober last night. Still enough to act as a catalyst, though. Meh.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 21:00, closed)

Bad times!
Nothing settles a migraine vomit for me. Once it hits, I know I'm just along for the ride.
( The Coast Of Yemen, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 22:57, closed)

I doubt it, it's really acidic!
(shanterbabs, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 21:28, closed)

Flat coke
is good for an upset tummy; whether it stops you barfing or not, I don't know.

It's probably a reasonably good thing to rehydrate yourself with afterwards, providing you get some salt down yourself as well.
( milkybarnick is calming down Boris on, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 21:45, closed)

Defintely
It has to be flat. It's worked for me for an upset stomach.
(BearWithLittleBrain, Sun 10 Jan 2010, 21:52, closed)

My dear old mum
used to prescribe flat coke for an upset stomach too. I thought she was mental but she was right!
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Mon 11 Jan 2010, 5:18, closed)

Flat coke syrup
is what we use in hospital.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Wed 13 Jan 2010, 3:39, closed)

That is SUCH a good idea.
The sugar rush and caffeine could help with the headache, too...

*buys*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 13 Jan 2010, 14:13, closed)

Works for me
I have regular bouts of sickiness (long story) and have found that full fat Coke sometimes stays down better than plain old H2O. I put it down to the bubbles breaking up the surface tension of the vomit and releasing any trapped gas from under it, so all that comes up are burps rather than stomach contents. It needs to be out of the fridge ideally too, as the coolness helps reduce the discomfort of bile burns in the oesophagus!
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Sun 10 Jan 2010, 23:33, closed)