After a long drinking session? These supplements may help with headaches and nausea

Do new supplements help prevent the headaches and nausea that follow a long drinking session, or is there a more straightforward solution?

Regardless of what alcohol you order at the bar, if you drink too much, a hangover will almost always follow. Picture: iStock

Your head is pounding. Your mouth feels like sand. And the sound of your alarm has all but entirely shocked your nervous system. Few things are worse than waking up feeling the effects of alcohol. 

And yet, as festival and wedding season approaches, a hangover could be on the horizon. Despite existing for at least 3,000 years, the elusive cure for that feeling the morning after has yet to be found. However, several innovative companies have developed products in an attempt to change that.