Scientists have been long searching for the cure to completely relieve hangover, and a new study suggests a person’s favourite music could be a new potential reliever. The researchers said that the best way to benefit from music against headaches is to listen to the tune a person already knew or is accustomed to.

Music works by distracting the person from the pain, and depends on what people believe, to put them on a good mood. But the study, from the New York Headache Centre, indicates that finding the relief from music should come with taking traditional remedies, such as paracetamol, to fully benefit from it.

Previous studies have also found that music can help reduce the feelings of nausea, which is a common side effect of too much alcohol. The New York Headache Centre in the U.S. also believes that listening to the right music, while suffering from the effects of hangover, can help ease the pain.

"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, from PRA Health Sciences and past president of American Academy of Pain Medicine, told Mic. But if music can distract a person, it could potentially offer some relief, she added.

A recent study, by the Migraine Relief Centre, also suggests that types of music like heavy metal could effectively reduce the pain of migraine. The study shows that the vibrations produced by such music could help relieve severe headaches.

Another research, from the Migraine Treatment Centres of America, also suggests that the music that produces smooth tunes, such as classical music, has also been found to be effective against migraines. But none of the previous studies directly analysed the effect of music to hangover sufferers, however, the findings focused on headaches and feelings of nausea, which are still linked with hangover.

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