Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_he_me/med_healthbeat_migraine_rut"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081222/capt.953c86b9dcd74239847bd662a295cc96.migraine_rut_wx106.jpg?x=130y=99q=85sig=TMC42NL.Om6u2TGjcONmug--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Rena Cerbone, 41, talks about medication on the counter that she currently takes to prevent migraines, at her home in Montclair, N.J., Friday, Dec. 19, 2008. Cerbone says she found relief after a period of rebound headaches provoked by the painkiller used to dull her frequent migraines. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that in turn require more pain medication. A very unlucky fraction even get what's called chronic migraine, where they're in pain more days than not, and new research suggests certain prescription painkillers, including narcotics, increase that risk.</p><br clear="all"/>

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