Headache Help: A Complete Guide to Understanding Headaches and the Medications That Relieve Them

295 Pages·2014·9.9 MB·English

by  Lawrence Robbins

Table of Contents
Title Page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
Preface
Understanding the Modern Approach
Helping Yourself
Being a Good Health Consumer
Recognizing Migraines
Treating Migraines in Progress
Preventing Migraines
Women, Hormones, and Migraines
Treating Tension Headaches in Progress
Preventing Tension Headaches
Understanding and Treating Cluster Headaches
Headaches in Children and Adolescents
Headaches in People Over Fifty
Less Common Headaches and Treatments
More Alternatives
Appendix A: Headache-Related Organizations and Publications
Appendix B: Over-the-Counter Headache Medications
Appendix C: Medications and What’s in Them
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
Copyright © 2000, 1995 by Lawrence Robbins, M.D., and Susan S. Lang
All rights reserved

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Robbins, Lawrence D.
Headache help : a complete guide to understanding headaches and the medicines
that relieve them / Lawrence Robbins and Susan S. Lang.—Rev. and updated,
p. cm.
ISBN 0-618-04436-1
1. Headache—Popular works. I. Lang, Susan S. II. Title.
RB128.R628 2000 616.8'49I—dc21 00-036940

“Headache Calendar” copyright © 1993 by Lawrence Robbins, M.D.,
Management of Headache and Headache Medications, Springer-Verlag, New
York.

Appendix B, “Over-the-Counter Headache Medications,” copyright PDR for
Nonprescription Drugs ®, 1994, 15th edition, and 1999, 20th edition, published
by Medical Economics Data, Montvale, New Jersey 07645. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved.

The information presented in case histories and stories in Headache Help is
medically accurate. However, all names, places, and identifying characteristics
have been changed to protect privacy. Some case histories contain elements from
more than one patient. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is
coincidental.

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For my family
and those suffering
the burden of head pain
—L.D.R.

For Solon J. Lang
—S.S.L.
THE GRIEF OF THE HEAD IS THE GRIEF OF GRIEFS.
—James Howell,
English Proverbs, 1659
This book is intended for educational purposes only. Before you start the
regimens presented here, consult your own physician to make sure that they are
suitable for you. None of the information is intended to substitute for medical
advice. If you have any problems or questions related to your health and fitness,
you should direct them to your physician.

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