Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines (AP)

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Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines
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<p>You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginAP - Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that in turn require more pain medication. A very unlucky fraction even get what's called chronic migraine, where they're in pain more days than not, and new research suggests certain prescription painkillers, including narcotics, increase that risk.</p><br clear="all"/>


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