For all those Monday mornings when
getting to work becomes a chore due to the throbbing headaches from the
exertions of the previous night; science has a little helping hand to give.
According to some new research
conducted by scientists at the New York Headache center, listening to music can
help one deal with the effects of a hangover. And it’s not just any kind of music;
it has to be one that you already enjoy- and don’t forget to take a painkiller
or two.
Experts from the New York Headache Center in the US certainly believe the right tunes can ease your booze-induced
suffering.
“We have good proof that music works
for pain of any kind,” director and founder Alexander Mauskop told Tom Barnes
at Mic. “There is no reason to think that hangovers would be any different.
It’s not as powerful as morphine, but it might be as good as Tylenol.”
One of the ways music can help is by
distracting us from pain: you might want to think about queuing up songs that
put you in a happy mood or remind you of better times. Several studies have
shown that music is also capable of reducing feelings of nausea – another of
the unfortunate side effects of having too much alcohol the night before.
“I would think of a hangover as
similar to migraines in the sense that you don’t want anything too sharp, too
loud,” Lynn Webster, past president of American Academy of Pain Medicine and
now at PRA Health Sciences, told Mic. “But if it can distract you, it
theoretically is going to offer you some relief.”
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