Frequent use of painkillers or drugs containing caffeine, such as Citramon, can cause headaches, especially migraines, to become chronic.
Publika.az Maria Shapovalova, a neurologist and specialist in the headache treatment office of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said these thoughts in an interview to “Gazeta.ru”. The expert said that headaches are unbearable for migraine patients in most cases. Therefore, people make the use of painkiller tablets a habit.
“Chronic use of drugs becomes a way of life, the effect of painkillers gradually decreases, which results in increasing the dosage of pills. Due to such use of drugs, the nature of headache changes – it becomes chronic and leads to even greater dependence.
Taking more than 10-15 tablets of painkillers in a month is considered dangerous. They usually cause the same headache. However, if the person completely stops taking these drugs, the pain will gradually decrease. You should also avoid medications with caffeine, including citramon. Caffeine makes the drug work faster, but also increases the risk of developing drug-related headaches. Therefore, preference should be given to nurofen, paracetamol, aspirin and naproxen, which do not contain caffeine,” said the doctor.
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