“What pain medications can I take for chronic headaches?”

Many OTC pain medication work well for chronic headaches though some of the best permanent long term changes have been with offering modern acupuncture and chiropractic procedures.

They are many reasons for chronic headache and best to see if you can figure out the etiology and getting to why there happening and start peeling away the layers of why and get you feeling chronically better. Best of luck to you...

Hello, I am sorry to hear about your chronic headaches. We specialize in headache medicine and depending on the type of our headache we could help identify the cause, and the type of headache and develop a headache-specific treatment plan.

This very much depends on the type of headache the location of the headache and the daily patterns of the headache. Other than a episode of headache, People who have reaccurrent headaches can classify into migraines, Tension headaches, Cluster headaches, and combination headaches. There's also a remote chance headache that's caused from something related to blood pressure or something inside the brain which is rare. Chronic reaccurrent headaches needs to be worked up to rule out obvious things like masses blood pressure issues electrolyte concerns or other medical problems that Have headaches as a side effect. Once the other problems are ruled out the classic 3 noted above of headaches have to be determined and then medication can be allotted depending on the type. Ideally Tylenol and motrin are options But sometimes too much of these meds can cause rebound headaches which makes them seem like they're not going away. Also people who are using too much caffeine can have rebound headaches as well and they need to wean off of the caffeine then. Highly recommend going in and getting the headaches worked up some stuff cleared off the list of options and looking at treatments. In more difficult migraines and treatment sometimes you need to see a neurologist but 1st you need to go through a primary care.

It depends on the cause. It is advisable to find the cause to have an appropriate treatment.

Depending on the diagnosis if migraine needs to try preventive management.

There are different types of headaches, and there are multiple conditions that can cause headaches. Make an appointment with your doctor to find out what causing your headaches, and treatment will be plan base on that.