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Wint'o'green lifesavers for hiccups
Submitted by Patrick J. Ginley III, PA-C, RN
I have given wint'o'green lifesavers for over 20 years to people with hiccups. This remedy has been verified empirically by coworkers in the department of Neurology at the Cleveland Clinic where I work. I once gave a lifesaver to a young man who was paraplegic and had hiccups for 7 days straight every few seconds. He barely had it in his mouth long enough to dissolve anything for one swallow and he never had another hiccup. This was a miracle to him because he was to have open heart surgery the next day and was terrified what the hiccups might do to his incision and inability to rest or sleep. There have been many other people over the years with cessation of hiccups about 9 out of 10 times or better. I tried to contact the lifesaver company once, even reaching their chemists, but they didn't believe I was serious or for real. This tip is so incredible because it is not harmful and has no apparent side effects or drug interactions. It also does not sedate the person like one traditional method using thorazine. I have not seen similar results using spearmint or other mints, just Wint'o'green.
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