Wednesday, July 20, 2011
When people have upwards of 15 or more Migraine attacks or headaches per month, it can become difficult to treat them due to the risk of medication overuse headache (MOH). Medication overuse headache may occur if we take Migraine abortive medications such as triptans or any kind of pain medicati...
Some great comments of facebook if you'd like to open it up here....
http://www.facebook.com/NancyHBonk
Pen Ort commented from Facebook - "I get so disappointed to read this kind of stuff. How do they think we feel being blamed all the time. Who wants to take drugs, let alone have them rebound. But where do they think we get them from in the first place. This sort of information is not an answer and is just another cop out for proper treatment. Sorry, but I know I am not the only one that feels this way."
Pen, I know how frustrating it is to always feel like the only thing we do is "pop pills." But by having a doctor ask us two simple questions - "do you take an attack treatment more than 10 days per month?" and "Is this intake on a regular basis? " doesn't "blame" anyone? Rather, these are simple fact gathering questions to help doctors determine the correct course of treatment. None of us want to take pills forever, but we would like to reduce the severity and frequency of attacks and pain. And if these questions help, why wouldn't we want them asked.
I don't think there is a "blame" issue. No one is "blaming" us for using medication to stop our pain. They are just labels and words...give no power to them.