Your head feels like it’s inside a bass drum, your mouth is cottony and the contents of your stomach might not stay put.

Maybe you partied hard and had a little too much to drink — or maybe a lot too much — so you turn to the internet to search for cures to a hangover.

To spare you the bleary morning-after research, here’s what you should know before you drink.

How much alcohol will trigger a hangover?

If you have to ask, count yourself lucky not to have experienced one.

Not surprisingly, the more alcohol you consume, the better your chances of getting a hangover. Binge drinking of four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men during any one episode increases the likelihood of a hangover, Laura J. Veach, an associate professor of general surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., said in an email.