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(Message started by: Gmkoa on Jun 21^st, 2005, 9:25pm)

Title: rebound headaches
Post by Gmkoa on Jun 21^st, 2005, 9:25pm

can ant one describe rebound headaches

Thanks

Gmkoa

Title: Re: rebound headaches
Post by nani on Jun 21^st, 2005, 9:36pm

This describes medication rebounds pretty well. There is often discussion here about whether some meds cause additional cluster headaches, as well. ~nani

http://www.stoppain.org/pain_medicine/rebound.html

Title: Re: rebound headaches
Post by E-Double on Jun 21^st, 2005, 9:37pm

http://www.headachenech.com/pearls/default.asp#54

http://www.headaches.org/consumer/educationalmodules/completeguide/other.html

Title: Re: rebound headaches
Post by Bob_Johnson on Jun 22^nd, 2005, 7:43am

There is still "energetic" discussion over the topic but--the medical literature describes them as headaches which arise from taking too much pain medication.

What is "too much" depends on the individual's body--there is no fixed rule/guideline.

The rebound cannot be distinguished from a non-rebound headache. The only test is to stop using the medication which is suspected and, if the frequency of headache is reduced, then the assumption that some of the attacks were rebound type.

Some docs make a distinction between "rebound" and "recurrent" headache as in:

Rebound headaches. "Rebound Headaches--A Review", Au. John S. Warner, M.D., in HEADACHE QUARTERLY, 10:3(1999). (There is some confusion on the board about the meaning of "rebound". There appears to be an emerging consensus in the medical literature to define "rebound" as a headache which is caused by the overuse of any medication used to abort a headache or relieve pain. "Recurrence" [of a headache] is being used to refer to the redevelopment of an attack when its "normal" duration is longer than the useful life of the medication which has been taken. That is, the medication effectiveness is reducing before the headache has come to an end; the pain redevelops.)

Title: Re: rebound headaches
Post by Kevin_M on Jun 22^nd, 2005, 8:07pm

That is a good distinction Bob. Thanks.