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1. Sensitivity to Experiencing Alcohol Hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Threshold for Having a Hangover

Author

Verster, Joris C, Kruisselbrink, L Darren, Slot, Karin A, Anogeianaki, Aikaterini, Adams, Sally, Alford, Chris, Arnoldy, Lizanne, Ayre, Elisabeth, Balikji, Stephanie, Benson, Sarah, Bruce, Gillian, Devenney, Lydia E, Frone, Michael R, Gunn, Craig, Heffernan, Thomas, Hensel, Kai O, Hogewoning, Anna, Johnson, Sean J, van Lawick van Pabst, Albertine E, van de Loo, Aurora J A E, Mackus, Marlou, Merlo, Agnese, Murphy, René J L, Owen, Lauren, Palmer, Emily O C, van Rossum, Charmaine J I, Scholey, Andrew, Terpstra, Chantal, Vatsalya, Vatsalya, Vermeulen, Sterre A, van Wijk, Michelle, Stock, Ann-Kathrin, Pharmacology, Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Afd Pharmacology, Afd Pharmacoepi & Clinical Pharmacology, dIRAS RA-1, and IRAS OH Toxicology

Subjects
hangover, subjective intoxication, alcohol, sensitivity, blood alcohol concentration
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.

Published
2020

2. Pain Catastrophising Predicts Alcohol Hangover Severity and Symptoms.

Author

Royle, Sam, Owen, Lauren, Roberts, David, and Marrow, Lynne

Subjects
*HANGOVERS, *BLOOD alcohol, *ALCOHOLISM, *ALCOHOL, *FACTOR analysis
Abstract

Alcohol hangover is a cause of considerable social and economic burden. Identification of predictors of alcohol hangover severity have the potential to contribute to reductions in costs associated with both absenteeism/presenteeism and health care. Pain catastrophising (PC) is the tendency to ruminate and describe a pain experience in more exaggerated terms. The current study examines the possibility that this cognitive coping strategy may influence experience of alcohol hangover. The aims of the current study were to (1) examine the relationship between hangover severity and PC, (2) explore and identify discreet factors within the Acute Hangover Scale (AHS) and (3) explore whether independent factors/dimensions of acute hangover are differentially predicted by PC. A retrospective survey (n = 86) was conducted in which participants completed the Acute Hangover Scale (AHS); the Pain Catastrophising Scale (PCS); a questionnaire pertaining to the amount of alcohol consumed; and a demographic information questionnaire. Regression analyses showed a significant relationship between PC and hangover severity scores and demonstrated that PC was, in fact, a stronger predictor of perceived hangover severity than estimated peak blood alcohol concentrations (eBACs). Factor analysis of the AHS scale, resulted in the identification of two distinct symptom dimensions; 'Headache and thirst', and 'Gastric and cardiovascular' symptoms. Regression analyses showed that both eBAC and PCS score were significantly associated with 'Headache and thirst'. However, only PCS score was associated with 'Gastric and cardiovascular' symptoms. These novel findings implicate a role for cognitive coping strategies in self-reports of alcohol hangover severity, and may have implications for understanding behavioural response to hangover, as well as suggesting that hangover and PC may be important factors mediating the motivation to drink and/or abuse alcohol, with potential implications in addiction research. Furthermore, these findings suggest that distinct alcohol hangover symptoms may be associated with different mechanisms underlying the experience of alcohol hangover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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