"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Cure or Cause? The New York Times Magazine had an excellent article on rebound headaches yesterday. These are headaches that are caused by taking pain medication, usually ironically enough for headaches, every day. When the drug wears off, the headache gets worse, so more drugs are taken, in a viscious cycle. (For a brief synopsis of rebound headaches, click here. For a more detailed account of treating rebound headaches, click here.) posted by Sydney on
1/13/2003 08:19:00 AM
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