BACKGROUND The severity of the alcohol hangover may be related to inflammation induced by impurities in the alcohol beverage and byproducts of alcohol metabolism. An extract of the Opuntia ficus indica (OFI) plant diminishes the inflammatory response to stressful stimuli. METHODS In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial, 64 healthy, young adult volunteers were randomly assign...

High alcohol consumption or chronic drinking results in alcohol habituation and alters the psychological and physical well-being of the individual. The various clinical problems that can arise from excess drinking are multiple such as high in blood pressure, headache, digestive disturbances, anxiety and depression, sleep irregularities, sexual difficulties, poor concentration and work performan...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare performance measures after acute alcohol consumption (intoxication) with the performance the day after a normal night's drinking (hangover). METHODS Eighty-four social drinkers took part in two studies that followed a counterbalanced repeated measure design. Fifteen men and 33 women were tested the morning (09:00, 11:00 or 13:00 h) following norm...

In his 1954 first novel, “Lucky Jim,” Sir Kingsley Amis describes the delayed effects of drinking port on the titular history lecturer upon awakening in the morning. “Dixon was alive again. Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way; not for him the slow, gracious wandering from the halls of sleep, but a summary, forcible ejection. . . . The light did him harm, but not as muc...

Eight private pilots (four men, four women) were trained to perform on a twodimensional tracking task (joystick control of a localizer/glideslope instrument) and to respond as quickly as possible to the onset of a red pinlight, appended to the tracking instrument, by depressing a button on the joystick. Tracking and reaction time scores were obtained under both static (stationary) and dynamic c...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical evidence on the effectiveness of any medical intervention for preventing or treating alcohol hangover. DATA SOURCES Systematic searches on Medline, Embase, Amed, Cochrane Central, the National Research Register (UK), and ClincalTrials.gov (USA); hand searches of conference proceedings and bibliographies; contact with experts and manufacturers of commercial pre...

The chances of experiencing a hangover significantly increase with five or more drinks, especially when consumed in a short period of time. Research supports the theory that the major cause of a hangover is simply drinking too much. Drinking a large quantity of alcohol quickly, as is usually the case in drinking games, tends to increase the incidence of hangovers ? not to mention other negative...

The chances of experiencing a hangover significantly increase with five or more drinks, especially when consumed in a short period of time. Research supports the theory that the major cause of a hangover is simply drinking too much. Drinking a large quantity of alcohol quickly, as is usually the case in drinking games, tends to increase the incidence of hangovers ? not to mention other negative...