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Tension Headache Preventive Medication

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Tension headache is, perhaps, an unfortunate choice of terms because it implies that tension in the patient’s hfe is at the root of the headache. Although stress and tension are important contributing factors toward daily headaches, they do not, by themselves, cause daily headaches. There needs to be a predisposition toward headache. The vast majority of patients with daily headaches also experience episodic migraine headaches.

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  1. Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA

    Lawrence D. Robbins M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director)

  2. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Lawrence D. Robbins M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director)

  3. Robbins Headache Clinic, Northbrook, IL, USA

    Lawrence D. Robbins M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director)

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Robbins, L.D. (1994). Tension Headache Preventive Medication. In: Management of Headache and Headache Medications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0195-0_7

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