TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

摘要

The present invention provides to methods and compositions that treat or prevent deleterious effects associated with alcohol consumption including alcohol-induced flush reaction and hangover. The methods and compositions include famotidine and optionally succinic acid. The present invention further demonstrates compositions that include famotidine are effective at treating symptoms associated with a flush reaction in subjects that are not significantly responsive to treatments with the H1 antagonist loratidine or the H2 antagonist cimetidine.