The medical journal "Headache" published a study in May on "Medication Overuse Headaches." These headaches are actually precipitated and brought on by medication use. Many, many Americans reach for a pill bottle at the first sign of headache. This is like hearing an awful sound in your car, then putting in earplugs rather than finding the cause of the sound! The researchers came up with the stunning figure that about 60% of all headache sufferers reporting to one headache center suffered from "Medication Overuse Headaches (MOH)!" The most common drugs to cause these headaches were NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen, advil. etc) and some of the newer migraine drugs. Keep in mind that chiropractic care has a great track record for treating headaches. Most patient leave the clinic with immediate relief, and after a course of treatment the benefits are lasting. Below are two links to research, one for chiropractic and cervicogenic headaches (a common form of headache that begins in the neck at the base of the skull and works it's way into the head), and one for migraine headaches. The studies show that immediate relief is similar to drugs, but that the benefits last, whereas with drug therapy the benefits cease when the medication stops. This leads to cycling of medication and often results in medication overuse headaches! Since chiropractic addresses the cause of the problem, the benefits are lasting. One other tip: in children, the herb butterbur is extremely effective in treating migraines--see the link below! Medication Overuse Headache Article , Chiropractic and Cervicogenic Headaches , Chiropractic and Migraine , Butterbur and Children's Migraine