Occipital Neuralgia and Migraines
Occipital Neuralgia and Migraines are known as "Mixed Headache Disorder" are a complicated mixture of the multiple causes of head pain. Becoming the identification of these different causes of headache and specific treatments needed to treat these that result in successful migraine management.
Rebound headaches -aside from the obvious migraine or tension headache, the next most common headache- are caused by excessive use of analgesic medications such as aspirin, ibuprofen, Aleve, Excedrin, Goodies Powder or any other medication use to treat acute head pain, including especially any narcotic pain killer.
Occipital Neuralgia (frequently unrecognized headache condition), an affected individual suffers from occipital headache - pain in the back of the head. The main-key in diagnosing this condition is to find tenderness at the base of the skull on either or both sides. The most effective treatment for occipital headaches is an occipital nerve block.
The best migraine prevention therapy is taking antidepressants. Topamax and Depakote are FDA approved to prevent migraines. They have the problem of having side effects that patients may not tolerate. Finally, the best treatment for acute migraines is to take any of the triptan medications like Imitrex, Maxalt, Treximet, Relpax and others are all in the triptan family.
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