Do You Really Know How to Handle Alcohol Hangovers? | WebMD

FACT: Heavy drinking rocks the central nervous system. It tinkers with brain chemicals — leading to headache, dizziness, and nausea — and sends you running to the bathroom so often you become dehydrated. The morning-after price can include a pounding headache, fatigue, cotton mouth, queasy stomach — and a weakened immune system.

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MYTH: Liquor Before Beer

FACT: It’s the amount of alcohol you drink (not the order of your drinks) that matters most. Standard drinks — a 12-ounce glass of beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, or a 1.5-ounce “shot” of liquor — have about the same amount of alcohol. Don’t be fooled by the size of your drink or by any saying about alcohol use that includes the phrase “never fear.”

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Don’t take acetaminophen (Tylenol) after a night of drinking. The combination could hurt your liver.

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FACT: More alcohol in the morning does nothing but postpone a hangover. The worst symptoms hit when blood-alcohol levels drop to zero. If you have a screwdriver at breakfast, this moment will just come later in the day. And if you find you can’t function without a wake-up cocktail, you should talk with your doctor about getting help for alcohol addiction.

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