"It’s kind of like retraining the brain" (:49)
Susan Broner, MD, a headache specialist, explains how doctors use two kinds of medication to reduce headache frequency.
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Does medication help reduce your headaches?
“People who are getting four or more debilitating headaches per month most likely need to be on a daily preventative to calm the headaches down,” says Susan Broner, MD, a neurologist at the Headache Institute at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. In this video, Dr. Broner explains how acute and preventative treatments can help people reduce their headache frequency and eventually enable them to come off the drugs.
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Drugs to Stop MigrainesWhat can help
The Drugs WorkedHow one patient found relief
How You Think About PainUse your mind to lower pain
