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Propranolol For Headaches

Health Encyclopedia: Headache

Alternative Names

Pain - head

Home Care

Keep a headache diary to help identify the source or trigger of your symptoms. Then modify your environment or habits to avoid future headaches. When a headache occurs, write down the date and time the headache began, what you ate for the past 24 hours, how long you slept the night before, what you were doing and thinking about just before the headache started, any stress in your life, how long the headache lasts, and what you did to mak...

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Expert & Community Posts

Migraine Prevention

By Dr. Seth Haplea , Health Expert

...strategies to try to reduce the frequency of migraine headaches. When an individual can... Read more »

Getting Your Headache Diagnosis Straight

By National Headache Foundation , Health Expert

...Suzanne Simons, NHF Executive Director The term "headache" is often overused. "Headache" means... Read more »

5/26/08 #9 - Is there effective treatment for a 9 year old with migraines?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...treat it with caffeine and sleep. My daughter has headaches about 4 to 5 times a week and... Read more »

04/30/07 #7 - Son with night-time Migraines?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...in our family (I have had them for 33 years). His headaches almost always begin during the night... Read more »

1/21/08 #6 - Five-year-old with Migraines 3 - 4 days a week?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...ways to manage her migraines? She is having the headaches on average of 3 to 4 times per week... Read more »

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Health Guide

Orgasm May Decrease Migraine and Headache Pain

Does the "Big O" cause or stop headaches and Migraine? We've all heard the old joke, "Not tonight, dear. I have a headache." Right? Surprisingly enough, for some people, there definitely is a... Read more »

Current Migraine and Headache Clinical Trials

Clinical trials of medications and other treatments for Migraines, headaches, and other conditions are conducted for a variety of reasons. They gather data to determine if medications and other... Read more »

Cluster headaches

Histamine headache; Headache - histamine; Migrainous neuralgia; Headache - cluster Treatment Treatment does not cure cluster headaches. The goal... Read more »

Migraine Preventive Medications

For those of us with frequent heFor those of us with frequent headaches or Migraine attacks, preventive medications are often a good option. Amazingly, the medications used for this purpose were... Read more »

Drug Companies May Now Discuss Off-Label Uses

One of the problems we face when looking for Migraine and headache preventive treatments is that there is not a single medications on the market that was originally developed for this purpose. Up... Read more »

Images

Tension-type headache image

Tension-type headache... Read more »

Medications

Maxalt Oral Uses and How to Use

...Rizatriptan is used to treat migraines. It helps to relieve headaches, pain and other symptoms... Read more »

Inderal Oral Uses and How to Use

...of survival. It is also used to prevent migraine headaches and chest pain (angina). Lowering... Read more »

Alupent Inhl Precautions and Side Effects

...(met-uh-pro-TAIR-en-ohl)Side Effects Tremor, nervousness, shakiness, headache, nausea,... Read more »

Maxair Inhl Precautions and Side Effects

...Effects Dry mouth, irritated throat, dizziness, headache, lightheadedness, heartburn, loss of... Read more »

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Blame Your Migraine on the Weather

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A large-scale study confirms what some migraine sufferers have suspected for years; the weather can play a role in their... Read summary »

Oxygen Provides Headache Relief

September 15, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For the millions of people who suffer from severe headaches, relief may be in the air. A review of nine studies involving 201... Read summary »

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CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast New) -- Chrissy Freuh's migraines started early. "I remember the lights bothering me and the sun," she says. And they got... Read summary »

Deadly Type Of Stroke Targets Mexican Americans and Women

June 17, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) It often begins as a "thunderclap" headache. It's been described as the "the worst headache of a person's life." In many cases... Read summary »

Midlife Migraines Linked to Lesions

July 08, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Middle-aged women who experienced migraine headaches with aura (sensory disturbances affecting vision, balance or speech) had a... Read summary »

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