Stopping Vicious Cycle of Rebound Headaches
Rebound headaches, also known as medication overuse headaches, are caused by the frequent or excessive use of pain-relieving and/or antimigraine drugs to treat headache attacks that are already in progress. (Note that these are not the same as oral prophylactic or preventive medicines, which should be taken daily.) In other words, the same medications that […]
Migraine Linked to a Usually Harmless Heart Defect
The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts Q: I recently had an echocardiogram that showed I have a hole between the two upper chambers in my heart. My doctor thought it might be connected to my headaches. What might that mean for me? A: Everyone starts off with an oval, flap-like opening (called a foramen […]
