by Dr Robbins | Sep 4, 2018 | Migraine
Rebound, or withdrawal headache does exist, but has generally been overstated as a cause of chronic daily headache (CDH). Headache clinic studies, which tend to be skewed toward the more severe patients, indicate a much higher percentage of rebound than better...
by Sue Robbins | May 18, 2014 | Headache Drugs
The going mantra among headache docs and neurologists(and others) is :”you are getting rebound(withdrawal) headaches from the abortive(Excedrin/Fioricet/Imitrex/Advil etc etc) that you are taking, stop taking those more than 2 days a week”. Fine. So the...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 1, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Many patients arrive on alot of pain meds/analgesics, with a letter in hand from some neurologist or headache center, stating they have “MOH: medication overuse headache”. These patients have frequent(often daily) moderate or severe headaches, and have not...