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Migraine Drugs and Dependence: Part 2

Posted in educating others, tagged , , , , , , , on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I promised Parin that I would address this topic again and explain my point a bit clearer. It all comes down to semantics of the words dependence and addiction. I hope that it is sufficient to say that some medical websites use the words interchangeably, referring to the physiological need for a particular drug. For instance, [...]

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Migraine and Drug Dependence

Posted in Treatments, side effects, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »

 

This post is in response to Arabella’s post regarding the difference between medication overuse headache (MOH) and addiction. We are both responding to redOrbit’s article Migraine Meds Can Become Addictive  (BTW, the original AP article is better. Thanks, Parin). What followed was not on addiction, but on medication overuse headaches (MOH) or rebound headaches. These [...]

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