Medication overuse headaches (MOH) , also known as rebound headaches usually occur when analgesics are taken frequently to relieve headaches . Rebound headaches frequently occur daily and can be very painful and are a common cause of chronic daily headache. They typically occur in patients with an underlying headache disorder such as migraines or tension headaches that transforms over time from an episodic condition to chronic daily headache due excessive intake of acute headache medications. MOH is a serious, disabling and well-characterized disorder, which represents a worldwide problem and is now considered the third most prevalent type of headache. Population-based studies report the prevalence rate of MOH to be 1 to 2% in the general population, but its relative frequency is much higher in secondary and tertiary care.
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I keep getting terrible pain along eyebrow area. It feels like a really bad bruise,worse when I press it. Can you suggest anything that would help other than pain relief medication.
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I am a 35 year old woman with a history of periodic migraines and headaches. I am on Imitrex when I have a migraine, and am on verapamil to help reduce the occurrence of them. About 2 weeks ago I had a migraine, so I...
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what I should I do about exertional headache. what are the symptoms, preventions and cure?
mydaughter age 17 suffering fro myoclonic jark from 2009,she was first treated with clonazipam, then with sodium valporate 600mgbid,and my nurologist prescribed her to torleva5oobid.last few days she is complaining of...
I've been told I have 2 extra ribs. Will removal of them help my headaches and numbness in my hands? Even if the headache isn't excruciating I always seem to have a headache on a daily basis. Especially when I dry my...
day before yesterday my wife had a slip in teh bathroom and she hit her head on teh wall on the right side peak of her head. she got a swelling there and we applied ice for about ten minutes immediately...she said she...
Hai. I am 49 years male. I am a chronic migraine patient for the last 15 years. I have undergone all types of medication both prophylaxes like Beta cap-40 and amitriptiline and Vasograine. I get relieve only after...
On headache in evening.For the past two days i am having headache in evening and it lasts till night.It goes only when i take pain tablet aspirin.
Hi, I am kind of scared but not sure if I should go to the ER or wait this out. Last night, I felt a weird, slight "numbness" (not really loss of feeling, just an underlying weird "tight" sensation in my right eye,...
Hello I have a headache at the moment, if its an aneurysm will pain still be present after painkillers?
I get a headache like this once every week or two
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User : I take 20 tylenol a day and I am pregnant. I suffer from rebound headaches, what can I do?
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Doctor : May I know your age and since when are you having these headaches?
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I have headache for last few days, aches in legs and arms today, loose stools , tired. Aching back. I guess this flu symptoms . What is the best thing to do. I have just woken from a 30 min sleep. It s 3.45 in the afternoon. I am 53 and normally in good health. I assume that this initial consultation is free. Ok thought it would be free. It is...
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sir, i am feeling headache when i try to concentrate on any matter, as study etc.. but it s not the matter that i have not interest in study. i am a student of XXXX 3rd year, age 19... and i am feeling this problem for 8 months. in starting days , i was feeling as my head is being heated, but now it changed to headache.
i have been having migraines and been very tired and also my stomach has been swelling continuously and almost non stop it is very hard and it has a feeling that I would describe as not quite right My lower back has been hurting and I have been having a lot of dizziness lately as well as nauseus and I constantly feel as though I may throw up,...
hello, I have suffered from headaches for a while now, but they been happening more often. I was thinking it was because i didn t eat, but now the headaches happen when i eat or if i don t. i feel like throwing up. My head feels like is going to explode, weak and sleepy. Also, palpitation including my head gets very hot. When i eat know the...
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i ve been suffering bad with headaches for several years now, It was less last year, now the frequency of getting the headache is increasing every week. 6 to 7 years back I consulted a neurologist and he had said its vascular headache and had prescribed flunarin and later on another Dr had asked me take sibelium I ve stopped taking these for...
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I have been having burning headaches on the left side of my head, that goes up from the base of my head to almost the top. It feels almost like there s burning liquid in my head. I also sometimes have pressure and vertigo . I spoke to my doctor and she says she thinks its tension headache , but I am honestly not satisfied with that. My instincts...
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hi , actually i havent got any mri or any other check up . but i just want to know to that whether i am having any brain problem if itell you my acts . actually i think a lot about my acts done in past , which i will do in future like that. i take much tension and because of that i have a headache . nowadays i am having cervical also and i was...
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i am a headache patient for last 20 years now with almost no hope of any relief.headache starts for almost no or any reasons.i hv tried doctors including neurophysicians and even homeopaths. of late i am taking regular neuro treatment with naxdom-500 as sos for extreme pain.pl. let me know what are the side effects of naxdom-500 and how many...
hello doctor i have been using androanagen tablets and tugain 10% foam since 30 days i am 26 years old male .since last couple of days i am having headache continously for 2 to 3 hours 2 to 3 times. are these side effects of androanagen tablets or tugain. should i stop them? and i wanna ask that am i really gonna be benefitted with them?and can...
My 20 year old son has had severe headaches since 2009. The doctor has now suggessed Tension Headache and has prescribed paxidep cr 12.5mg once daily for the two and half years that he will be in the university from OCtober 2012. My son is in University. Is this medicine good for his age and studying? I am now scared after reading all these side...
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