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Discussion and anecdotes about the Asian Flush/Flush/Glow/Red Face (turning red when drinking alcohol), including using H2 blockers (e.g. Tagamet, Pepsid, Zantac) and other products to combat its effects. Hosted by Eric Cheng on http://echeng.com
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Jan 11, 2005: On December 3, 2003, I posted
a message in my web journal about the Asian Blush, which quickly resulted in over 100 very-informative comments. This forum is intended to be an information source for those of us looking for information about why we turn red when we drink alcohol.
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Just read all 16 pages of this thread (whew!). Though I'm a bit late to this discussion party, props to Mr. Cheng for starting it. In general I found out a lot of good info, however the issue of hives was brought up a few times and not really addressed. Or maybe it was and I just missed it....
Anyway, I'm one of the unfortunate ones that not only gets red, but I sometimtes break out in hives the following day. Usually it takes 5+ drinks within a short span of time to make me break out the next day, anything less and I can get away with only being red. Honestly, I'd live with the redness if I just didn't get the f*ing hives and leathery red blotchy skin...... Has anyone experienced improvements to your reaction of hives when taking pepcidac? Regardless tho, I'm gonna try the pepcidac thing next time I go drinking. When I do, I'll post my results.
And as a side topic, what causes the hives and how come some people who turn red don't get them? However, it seems like it has something to do with turning red because I've never heard of anyone getting hives without turning red first.
Just read all 16 pages of this thread (whew!). Thought I'm a bit late to this discussion party, props to Mr. Cheng for starting it. In general I found out a lot of good info, however the issue of hives was brought up a few times and not really addressed. Or maybe it was and I just missed it....
Anyway, I'm one of the unfortunate ones that not only gets red, but I sometimtes break out in hives the following day. Usually it takes 5+ drinks within a short span of time to make me break out the next day, anything less and I can get away with only being red. Honestly, I'd live with the redness if I just didn't get the f*ing hives and leathery red blotchy skin...... Has anyone experienced improvements to your reaction of hives when taking pepcidac? Regardless tho, I'm gonna try the pepcidac thing next time I go drinking. When I do, I'll post my results.
And as a side topic, what causes the hives and how come some people who turn red don't get them? However, it seems like it has something to do with turning red because I've never heard of anyone getting hives without turning red first.
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