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What Can I Take Instead Of Advil For Severe Headaches?

Hi. I ve been having horrible headaches on and off for about 3 months now. They started occuring after my friend died. I never hit my head, and they have been different almost every time I have them. Some days they are horrible and last for days and other days, I just don t have them. The pollen count here (currently) is high, so I thought they were allergies, but there will be times where the pollen count is high and I don t have them, or the pollen count is low and I have headaches. I was wondering if there was a solution, besides Advil, to these constant headaches.
Mon, 27 Aug 2018
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Hi,

I wish you had provided some more info regarding the characteristics of the headache such as location, type of pain (throbbing, pressing, lancinating etc.), duration of episodes, accompanying symptoms (nausea, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light, eye redness and lacrimation etc.), affect of Advil on headache and its dosage etc.

It is such info which enable us to make an assessment on whether it is a primary headache such as migraine or tension type headache, or if a responsible lesion is suspected for which before speaking of medication imaging studies might be necessary.

My most likely hypothesis would be for it to be tension type headache exacerbated by stress, in which case a course of Amitriptyline as preventive medication might be considered. But as I said more info is necessary to make a confident recommendation.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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What Can I Take Instead Of Advil For Severe Headaches?

Hi, I wish you had provided some more info regarding the characteristics of the headache such as location, type of pain (throbbing, pressing, lancinating etc.), duration of episodes, accompanying symptoms (nausea, vomiting, increased sensitivity to light, eye redness and lacrimation etc.), affect of Advil on headache and its dosage etc. It is such info which enable us to make an assessment on whether it is a primary headache such as migraine or tension type headache, or if a responsible lesion is suspected for which before speaking of medication imaging studies might be necessary. My most likely hypothesis would be for it to be tension type headache exacerbated by stress, in which case a course of Amitriptyline as preventive medication might be considered. But as I said more info is necessary to make a confident recommendation. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.