If you've tried everything from medication to meditation to stop your chronic headaches, but to no effect, experts say you or your doctor may be doing something wrong. In this article from FOXNews, a reporter talks to Dr. Lawrence Newman, director of the Headache Institute at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, about six things that could be affecting your migraine pain. Newman says that underusing medication, changing sleeping and eating patterns, and even a wrong diagnosis could be to blame.
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The standard treatments for tension-type headaches are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin and ibuprofen, and tricyclic... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Migraine Headache
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