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Article: Overuse of narcotics and barbiturates may make migraine worse.
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- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- December 20, 2008
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November 17, 2008 u (Bronx, NY) u A team of researchers led by investigators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has determined that certain commonly-prescribed medications may have the unintended consequence of increasing the frequency of migraine attacks. This important finding could alter the way doctors prescribe migraine medicines (see also Albert Einstein College of Medicine).
In a recent article published in the journal Headache, the Einstein-led study of more than 8,000 migraine sufferers nationwide, found that the use of medications containing barbiturates or narcotics u which relieve migraine short-term u may make migraine ...