The Alcohol Hangover Research Group Consensus Statement on Best Practice in Alcohol Hangover Research

Title: The Alcohol Hangover Research Group Consensus Statement on Best Practice in Alcohol Hangover Research

Volume: 3 Issue: 2

Author(s): Jonathan Howland, Mark Young, Gordon Smith, Wendy S. Slutske, Nick Reed, Gemma Prat, Andrew Parkes, Marieke Oudelaar, Merel van Nuland, Rene J.L. Murphy, Neil McGregor, Jonathan Ling, L. Darren Kruisselbrink, Dai-Jin Kim, Joris C. Verster, Thomas Heffernan, Lies A.L. Fliervoet, G. David Batty, Ana Adan, Thomas M. Piasecki, Frances Finnigan, Adele McKinney, Dan Levy, John McGeary, Damaris Rohsenow, Renske Penning and Richard Stephens

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Abstract: Alcohol-induced hangover, defined by a series of symptoms, is the most commonly reported consequence of excessive alcohol consumption. Alcohol hangovers contribute to workplace absenteeism, impaired job performance, reduced productivity, poor academic achievement, and may compromise potentially dangerous daily activities such as driving a car or operating heavy machinery. These socioeconomic consequences and health risks of alcohol hangover are much higher when compared to various common diseases and other health risk factors. Nevertheless, unlike alcohol intoxication the hangover has received very little scientific attention and studies have often yielded inconclusive results. Systematic research is important to increase our knowledge on alcohol hangover and its consequences. This consensus paper of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group discusses methodological issues that should be taken into account when performing future alcohol hangover research. Future research should aim to (1) further determine the pathology of alcohol hangover, (2) examine the role of genetics, (3) determine the economic costs of alcohol hangover, (4) examine sex and age differences, (5) develop common research tools and methodologies to study hangover effects, (6) focus on factor that aggravate hangover severity (e.g., congeners), and (7) develop effective hangover remedies.

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Howland Jonathan, Young Mark, Smith Gordon, S. Slutske Wendy, Reed Nick, Prat Gemma, Parkes Andrew, Oudelaar Marieke, Nuland Merel van, J.L. Murphy Rene, McGregor Neil, Ling Jonathan, Darren Kruisselbrink L., Kim Dai-Jin, C. Verster Joris, Heffernan Thomas, A.L. Fliervoet Lies, Batty G. David, Adan Ana, M. Piasecki Thomas, Finnigan Frances, McKinney Adele, Levy Dan, McGeary John, Rohsenow Damaris, Penning Renske and Stephens Richard, The Alcohol Hangover Research Group Consensus Statement on Best Practice in Alcohol Hangover Research, Current Drug Abuse Reviews 2010; 3 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874473711003020116