Chronic migraine and medication overuse headache.
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Many medications that people take for migraine headaches can actually make headaches worse, if the medications are taken too frequently. When this occurs, the resulting problem is called “medication-overuse headaches.” Unfortunately, when medicationoveruse headaches occur, they can be difficult to treat. You can read more about migraine headaches and medication-overuse headaches on the next page.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Headache
دوره 54 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014