Nick Andreottola and his house guests woke up one morning in a Hamptons rental home feeling worse for wear -- bleary-eyed, heads aching, stomachs twisting. They were beyond hungover. 
 
 That's where the I.V. Doctor came in. For a few hundred dollars each, a nurse showed up with half a dozen I.V. bags and brought them back to life. 
 
 The I.V. Doctor, a service started in December by New York urologist Dr. Elliot Nadelson and his surgical resident son Adam, totes intravenous hydration and other medicine to help quell hangovers to ailing New Yorkers in luxe Hamptons beach homes, and apartments and offices throughout the city. 
 
 Dr. Adam Nadelson said the service has about 60 nurses in the city and 12 more in the Hamptons, who set clients up with about 200 ml of fluid, and any combination of anti-nausea, anti-heartburn and anti-inflammatory or headache medicine. The full cocktail of all the drugs, which Nadelson said is their most popular request, costs $249. 
 
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 While Nadelson said his clients range from European princesses to Olympic track stars, the majority of those who use his service are in finance. It helps when they're working long hours, entertaining clients late into the night and having to perform at a high level early the next morning. 
 
 "They're burning the candle at both ends and this helps them get back on their feet quickly," he said. 
 
 That's why Jon, a 31-year-old sales trader at a bank in New York who did not want his last name published, started calling the I.V. Doctor back in January. He was going to an event with clients for the Super Bowl and knew it was going to be a "big night," so he booked an appointment at his office the next morning at 8 a.m. 
 
 In a small, discrete conference room at his office, a nurse hooked him up to the I.V. bag while he checked emails for the next 40-or-so minutes, and she left in time for him to start his day. 
 
 "Look, it's not a miracle cure. There's nothing that really 100% gets rid of a hangover," he said. "But if you go in feeling like a 2, you come out a half-hour later feeling like a 7. That's a game changer." 
 
 Since then, Jon said he's had about a dozen appointments and recommended it to all of his friends. He now books an appointment in advance if he knows he's going out at night, so it's all set up for him at the office the next morning before a hangover can really set in. 
 
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 Adam Nadelson said the company is about more than just curing the over-served. They visit patients who have food poisoning or the flu, and athletes after big games or races. 
 
 But it's also about bringing in a new revenue stream. 
 
 "It's much harder to be a successful doctor today," he said, though his father still has three offices in New York. "You're starting to see family practitioners doing Botox on the side for money. This business has no overhead and is really catching on." 
 
 The Nadelsons aren't the first to climb up the hangover money tree. Hangover Heaven opened two years ago in Las Vegas, with a clinic open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The services run from $129 to $239 in the clinic, but those who want a nurse to come to their hotel room will pay an extra $200 during business hours and $300 between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. 
 
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 The Nadelsons aren't settling for just one city. They're expanding to Chicago this summer and are making a big social media play for potential clients in the Hamptons. 
 
 Andreottola and his Hamptons guests were satisfied. 
 
 "We're the work-hard, play-hard type and everyone said they felt replenished," he said. "Even some of the server girls we hired for a barbeque got it done and they all said they felt better." ||||| REAL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING REAL RESULTS FROM IV HANGOVER CURES 
 
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 A hangover is essentially a build-up of acetaldehyde, a toxin in the liver. When one overdoes it on the booze, the liver can't produce enough glutathione, a compound that contains the amino acid L-cysteine, to combat it. Cysteine breaks down acetaldehyde into water and carbon dioxide, which is then flushed out of the body as urine. 
 
 While nothing has been shown scientifically to "cure" a hangover, Dr. Richard Besser, ABC News' chief medical editor, offered these tips to help nurse the pain: 
 
 • Drink plenty of water. Alcohol is quite dehydrating. 
 
 • If you have a headache, take aspirin or ibuprofen the next morning, not acetaminophen (Tylenol). Acetaminophen is processed by your liver that has just taken a hit from your overdrinking. 
 
 • Go to bed. Most hangovers are over after eight to 24 hours but before you do … 
 
 • Pull out your smartphone and record a video message to yourself. Tell yourself how lousy you feel and repeat this phrase: "I won't overdrink again, I won't overdrink again, I won't overdrink again." 
 
 Other suggestions from our past contributors include how to avoid a hangover while still slugging back the brewskies, and what to do if the hangover arrives anyway: 
 
 While You're Boozing: 
 
 1. Sip Slowly 
 
 If you drink your alcohol slowly instead of guzzling it down, doctors say it helps give the stomach a fighting chance to absorb the toxins so your body isn't assaulted with booze. 
 
 2. Eat Fatty Foods 
 
 Food products with a lot of fat in them, such as chips, can help slow down the absorption of alcohol. 
 
 3. Avoid Carbonated Drinks 
 
 Doctors say carbonation can increase the absorption of alcohol, so put down the rum and Coke. 
 
 The Morning After - Happy Hangover: 
 
 1. Sleep, Sleep, Sleep 
 
 Time will heal all wounds. 
 
 2. Flush Your System 
 
 When you are dehydrated, your body is depleted of potassium and sodium, which is why you have that achy "hit by a dump truck" feeling the next morning. 
 
 Doctors say try to replenish your body with lots of fluids. Drink water or drinks that are heavy in electrolytes, such as sports drinks or coconut water. 
 
 3. Be Leery of Caffeine 
 
 Caffeine, like alcohol, is a diuretic, which can further dehydrate your body after drinking, making the headache much worse, so doctors recommend extra water if you're going to reach for a cup of coffee, tea or an energy drink. 
 
 But people who regularly drink minimal amounts of caffeine might find it helps soothe their headache. While the causes of a hangover aren't completely understood, a leading theory for the pounding headache is that alcohol dilates blood vessels in the brain and caffeine constricts the blood vessels, which might bring relief to some people. 
 
 4. Avoid the 'Hair of the Dog' 
 
 While that Bloody Mary or extra pint of beer with breakfast the next morning sounds like a rallying move, doctors say more alcohol means more dehydration, meaning more hangover hurting. Even if you don't feel the pain now, you will later. 
 
 5. Have a Snack 
 
 According to the Mayo Clinic, bland foods, such as toast and crackers, can help boost blood sugar and settle your stomach. Eating chicken noodle or bouillon soups, which are loaded with sodium and potassium, can help make you feel better. 
 
 Foods and drinks that contain fructose, such as honey, apples, berries or fruit juice, as well as vitamin C and B can also help burn off alcohol. 
 
 Final Thoughts: Not to be a buzz kill, but the bottom line is that the best way to to avoid a hangover is to stay away from the booze. Entirely.
– If there's one thing everyone who's ever had a hangover can probably admit to, it's that they'll try just about anything to minimize the anguish. Now, thanks to The "IV Doctor," a service started in December by New York urologist Dr. Elliot Nadelson and his surgical resident son Adam, one's degree of suffering may be at least marginally reduced—for a price. Ailing partiers in NYC and the Hamptons (and, soon, Chicago) with the right kind of pocket change can for $249 have a nurse come to their homes or offices and administer 200ml of fluid by IV, plus a cocktail of drugs to combat nausea (Zofran), heartburn (Pepcid), and headache/inflammation (Toradol). That particular package, called "Revive," is the most popular, and recommended for those on their "deathbed." "Look, it's not a miracle cure ... but if you go in feeling like a 2, you come out a half-hour later feeling like a 7, that's a game changer," one repeat customer tells CNN Money. A reporter who tried the service for Thrillist—his prep included four martinis and an "indeterminate portion" of a whisky bottle—notes the advantages of the IV: a higher absorption rate, less peeing, and a quicker impact. He says he ended up "achieving a state of heightened alrightness ... a victory." Nadelson says his team has treated European princesses and Olympic track stars, but that his biggest client base works in finance, "burning the candle at both ends." This service isn't the first of its kind. Hangover Heaven opened two years ago in Las Vegas with a 24-hour clinic and nurses who will make hotel-room visits, and Miami and Atlanta are home to REVIV and Hydration Station, respectively. (Hungover? Don't blame it on this mixture.)