Just Say No to Abuse Declaring War on Terrorism. In previous articles I've discussed rebound headaches.
Rebounds are chronic daily headaches caused by taking too much pain relief medicine for too long.
It isn't a rare phenomenon, nor is the amount of medication required to cause it unusually large. In fact, an article published by the American Headache Society claims as few as 15 acetaminophen a week can cause rebound headaches. I doubt if very many of us can say we haven't taken at least 15 of some sort of pain reliever in a week's time. Once people realize their chronic daily headaches are rebound headaches, fear of withdrawal symptoms can prevent them from solving the problem. Too, once the rebound headaches are gone, preventive migraine drugs have a better chance of working for you.