OH, the things investigative journalists put themselves through for a good story.
Take, for example, the Australian Financial Review's Luke Benedictus.
The intrepid finance reporter got wind of a reputedly very effective - though rather pricey - hangover cure on offer in Las Vegas (where else?), and put his body on the line for readers.
Back in 2012, former anaesthetist Dr Jason Burke created Hangover Heaven (two words that have surely never before gone together), a custom hangover treatment service that goes direct to your hotel room.
Based on the type and severity of symptoms, the Hangover Heaven team will administer treatments such as oxygen gas, beta-blockers, and anti-nausea medicines, painkillers and antioxidants (taurine and glutathione) by IV drip.
For Benedictus, who had obligingly gone out for "a lively night on the strip" and woken up feeling "like a run-over cat", the treatment was nothing short of miraculous.
"I feel human once again and could almost weep with gratitude," he wrote.
And at a cost of US$429 (A$650), those tears may come after all.
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