Fred, you honestly should either find an alternative drink or stop taking
the Excedrin, or any aspirin or Tylenol (or similar) pain relievers with
alcohol. My New Year's Resolution for 1 Jan 2004 was to stop taking any pain
medicines because they're like pointing a magnifying glass from the sun on
your liver when combined with any alcohol. My only pain has ever been
headaches and they were from either not enough sleep, reading too much, or
drinking too much. It's been very easy to give up the pills by forgoing the
"too much" in things! The sleep however is harder to control, but pain meds
don't really help that anyway.



"Vincent" > wrote in message
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> "Fred Mau" wrote in message
>
>> I've seen some websites that blame wine headaches in general on "cheap"
>> wine. I'm not sure I buy this - One of our favorite table wines is
> Charles
>> Shaw a/k/a "Two Buck Chuck" from the local Trader Joe's, and it never
>> bothers me.
>
> Our experience is the same (mine and my wife's). Not all cheap whites, but
> some cheap whites. Never reds, never expensive whites. You mentioned BV --
> thier Costal Chardonnay is one of our favorites and never a problem. Of
> the
> ones we do have problems with, we notice a high percentage use plastic
> corks. But not all plastic corks cause headaches.
>
> Results are consistent. A headache white will always cause a headache, a
> non-headache white will never cause one. If I try a new brand from
> California that costs $7.99 or less (and especially if it has a plastic
> cork), I'll take some Excedrin beforehand, and it seems to help. My wife,
> however adheres to medical warnings and passes on the Excedrin, but then
> suffers more.
>
> By the way, this happens 4-5 times per year and we drink white wine 2-3
> times per week.
>
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