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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Should I Take Naproxen For A Headache?

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

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Getting Your Headache Diagnosis Straight
By National Headache Foundation , Health Expert

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

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Top 75 Migraine and Headache Questions, #44
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...insisted I was having a rebound headache (I am on naproxen for severe osteoarthritis) and so... Read more »

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04/30/07 #7 - Son with night-time Migraines?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...we now have no insurance. My son has been taking Naproxen for the pain and then he tries to... Read more »

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Which migraine medications are most effective?
By Dr. Seth Haplea , Health Expert

...are over-the-counter as well as by prescription. Naproxen and ibuprofen are the most common... Read more »

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Doctor concerned about addiction to Vicodin for Migraines
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...really helps. She has also given me Flexeril and Naproxen. I cannot take the Flexeril because... Read more »

Health Guide

Heal Your Headache: Review
...the genetic marker for Migraine. We do not all have it. Acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen sodium do not cause rebound headaches. Comment: These medications have... Read more »
Current Migraine and Headache Clinical Trials
...Migraine With or Without Aura; Migraine, Acute Interventions: Drug: Placebo; Drug: Sumatriptan and Naproxen Sodium Study of the Molecular Genetics of Menstrual MigraineClinicalTrials.gov... Read more »
Sinus Headache or Migraine?
...medication: 33 percent were taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) such as ibuprofen and naproxen; 25 percent were taking acetaminophen; 21 percent were taking other non-prescription... Read more »
Sumatriptan Naproxen Combination More Effective than Imitrex
...testing. The results involving Trexima, one such medication that is a combination of sumatriptan and naproxen, have now been published. “Recent research suggests that migraine is more complex... Read more »
NHF Survey: Migraine-Specific Medications vs. Nonspecific Medications for Acute Treatment
...or some other Migraine abortive medications. Dr. Lipton prefers NSAIDs such as prescription strength naproxen to narcotics, in large part because of the potential for rebound with narcotics. He... Read more »

Medications

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Naproxen is used to relieve pain and swelling (inflammation) from various conditions. It is... Read more »

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Naproxen is used to relieve pain and swelling (inflammation) from various conditions. It is... Read more »

Lem05360_86109_5

Naproxen is used to relieve pain and swelling (inflammation) from various conditions. It is used to... Read more »

Lem05360_86109_5

Naproxen is used to relieve pain and swelling (inflammation) from various conditions. It is used to... Read more »

Lem05360_86109_5

Naproxen is used to relieve pain and swelling (inflammation) from various conditions. It is used to... Read more »

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