According to the Cleveland Clinic, the overuse or misuse of OTC analgesics can cause your headache to worsen or “rebound.”
The overuse and/or misuse of OTC analgesic medicine begins with exceeding labeled instruction and/or not following the advice of a health care provider. After the pain relief wears off, one might experience a withdrawal reaction and a return of the headache pain. As the headache returns, the desire to take more medicine becomes greater. This cycle begins to degenerate into daily chronic headaches. According to the Cleveland Clinic, “analgesic overuse appears to interfere with the brain centers that regulate the flow of pain messages to the nervous system, making headache pain increasingly worse.”
Immediate-relief type medicines taken in large enough quantity are responsible. Much of the OTC analgesics perceived to be safe.
Schedule an appointment with one of OrthoNeuro’s Headache Specialists to determine if you suffer from rebound headaches.
