Mean Case of Hiccups

My husband was drinking some sparkling mineral water and suddenly a hiccup binge insued. They wouldn't stop. He tried holding his breath but they soon returned. It turned into a mean case, even disrupting his sleep.
Holding my breath usually works for me. My daughter tells me that if she gets hiccups she bends over and drinks water from a glass, slowly. Well, these two methods only worked temporarily for my husband and then they were back. So I did a little looking around and found this remedy. It's called the"Hughes/Green Hiccups Cure" and this is what you do: (1) Pour a tall glass of water.
(2) Hold your breath and pinch your nose closed. (3) Slowly, take 10-20 swallows of the water... all the while holding your breath and pinching your nose closed. (4) When you can't stand it any longer (you'll know by that feeling that you are going to drown) after a gasp, take a deep breath and relax. They claim this cures the hiccups 99% of the time - "guaranteed!" A second treatment might be necessary for stubborn cases though.
This was the cure for my husband's hiccups.

Sometimes some understanding of the cause of hiccups can help ward them off. Basicly hiccups result from an irritated diaphragm muscle. As it contracts, the opening between your vocal cords snaps shut to stop the inflow of air and thus the "hiccup."
Some causes are eating too fast, eating too much and drinking bubbly drinks. Sometimes you can feel a hiccup coming on and if you do, then stop chewing/drinking and take a slow deep breath and then chew/drink slowly.
Here are a few other offerings:
Put strong pressure on the collar bones.
Take a teaspoon of honey.
Eat or suck on a piece of ice.
Mix the juice of one lemon in half a glass of water; drink; repeat if the first drink didn't stop the hiccups.
Put a teaspoonful of salt on half a lemon and then suck the juice out of the lemon.
Breathe into a small paper bag that is tightly pressed around your mouth. Or try spreading your arms out like a "T" and take a very deep breath. Repeat several times.
Place a teaspoon of sugar on the tongue and wash it down with a glass of cold water. Another sugar remedy suggests swallowing it dry.
Eat a teaspoon of peanut butter.

Let me know what works for you.