Article: Migraine Headaches: Are Pain-Killing Drugs Worth The Risk?
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Migraine Headaches: Are Pain-Killing Drugs Worth The Risk?
Patients with migraine headaches seek over-the-counter pain pills by the multimillions. But are these migraine headache sufferers actually helping themselves or are they taking dangerous risks that they are unaware of?
All drugs are dangerous. Before a person suffering with a migraine headache takes an over-the-counter medication they should be asking the question "Is the possible benefit worth the risk of taking that drug?" William Osler, M.D. once said "The person who takes medicine must recover twice; once from the disease and once from the medicine." Sadly, this can be all too true.
Dr. William Bennett, head of nephrology at Oregon Health Sciences University, estimates that over-the-counter painkillers are responsible for as many as 20% of the 125,000 cas...
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