ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Sensitivity to Experiencing Alcohol Hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Threshold for Having a Hangover.
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- Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Hangover-Sensitive and Hangover-Resistant Drinkers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Pharmacodynamic determinants of hangover: An intravenous alcohol self-administration study in non-dependent drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
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- The Relationship between Alcohol Hangover Severity, Sleep and Cognitive Performance; a Naturalistic Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Alcohol Hangover Across the Lifespan: Impact Of Sex and Age.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2021Article
- The Alcohol Hangover Research Group: Ten Years of Progress in Research on the Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of the Alcohol Hangover.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Hangover Resistance According to Two Methods for Calculating Estimated Blood Alcohol Concentration (eBAC).Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- The Impact of Mood and Subjective Intoxication on Hangover Severity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of Rapid Recovery on Alcohol Hangover Severity: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Balanced Crossover Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- The Inflammatory Response to Alcohol Consumption and Its Role in the Pathology of Alcohol Hangover.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Perceived Immune Fitness, Individual Strength and Hangover Severity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- The Impact of Alcohol Hangover on Simulated Driving Performance During a 'Commute to Work'-Zero and Residual Alcohol Effects Compared.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Alcohol Hangover and Multitasking: Effects on Mood, Cognitive Performance, Stress Reactivity, and Perceived Effort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
The 2010 Alcohol Hangover Research Group consensus paper defined a cutoff blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.11% as a toxicological threshold indicating that sufficient alcohol had been consumed to develop a hangover. The cutoff was based on previous research and applied mostly in studies comprising student samples. Previously, we showed that sensitivity to hangovers depends on (estimated) BAC during acute intoxication, with a greater percentage of drinkers reporting hangovers at higher BAC levels. However, a substantial number of participants also reported hangovers at comparatively lower BAC levels. This calls the suitability of the 0.11% threshold into question. Recent research has shown that subjective intoxication, i.e., the level of severity of reported drunkenness, and not BAC, is the most important determinant of hangover severity. Non-student samples often have a much lower alcohol intake compared to student samples, and overall BACs often remain below 0.11%. Despite these lower BACs, many non-student participants report having a hangover, especially when their subjective intoxication levels are high. This may be the case when alcohol consumption on the drinking occasion that results in a hangover significantly exceeds their "normal" drinking level, irrespective of whether they meet the 0.11% threshold in any of these conditions. Whereas consumers may have relative tolerance to the adverse effects at their "regular" drinking level, considerably higher alcohol intake-irrespective of the absolute amount-may consequentially result in a next-day hangover. Taken together, these findings suggest that the 0.11% threshold value as a criterion for having a hangover should be abandoned.
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