Tension Headache
More than 10 million people a year visit a doctor or an emergency department because of headache. With a complete history and physical examination, a doctor can correctly diagnose and treat a great majority of headaches. Tension headache is the most common type of headache.
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Headache & Migraine Related Resources
Headache & Migraine Articles
- What Could Headaches Be A Sign Of?
- What Causes Migraines?
- Worst Headache of Your Life
- What Are the First Signs of Temporal Arteritis?
- 5 Types of Headaches
- Migraine Headache
- Headache (Mild)
- Migraine Headaches, Vision Effects
- Migraine Headache in Children
- Migraine Headache FAQs
- Migraine and Related Headaches
- Migraine and Cluster Headache Medications
- Cluster Headaches
- Cluster Headache FAQs
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine for Migraine and Cluster Headaches
Headache & Migraine Medications
- naproxen and sumatriptan (Treximet) (Treximet)
- eletriptan (Relpax) (Relpax)
- frovatriptan (Frova) (Frova)
- almotriptan (Axert) (Axert)
- rizatriptan (Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT) (Maxalt, Maxalt-MLT)
- naratriptan (Amerge) (Amerge)
- zolmitriptan (nasal) (Zomig) (Zomig)
- zolmitriptan (oral) (Zomig, Zomig-ZMT) (Zomig, Zomig-ZMT)
- caffeine and ergotamine (oral/rectal) (Cafatine, Cafergot, Cafetrate) (Cafergot, Migergot)
- aspirin, butalbital, and caffeine (Butalbital Compound, Fiorinal, Fiormor) (Fiorinal, Fiormor, Fiortal and more)
- acetaminophen, butalbital, and caffeine (Alagesic, Americet, Anolor 300) (Alagesic, Anolor 300, Dolgic LQ and more)
- aspirin, butalbital, caffeine, and codeine (Ascomp with Codeine) (Fiorinal with Codeine)
- acetaminophen, butalbital, caffeine, and codeine (Fioricet with Codeine) (Fioricet with Codeine, Phrenilin with Caffeine and Codeine)
- sumatriptan (injection) (Alsuma, Imitrex, Imitrex Statdose) (Imitrex, Imitrex Statdose, Imitrex Statdose Refill)
- sumatriptan (oral/nasal) (Imitrex, Imitrex Nasal, Onzetra Xsail) (Imitrex, Imitrex Nasal)
Headache & Migraine Images and Slideshows
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Headache & Migraine News
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- What Is a Silent Migraine?
- What Is an Ophthalmoplegic Migraine?
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- How Long Does a Silent Migraine Last?
- What Can a Migraine Lead to?
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- Why Do I Get Migraines All the Time?
- Can Migraine Be Completely Cured?
- How Do You Make a Migraine Go Away?