Painkiller Overuse & Medication Overuse Headache

In treating medication overuse headache, it is common to reduce the causative acute painkiller while also using preventive headache medications (antidepressants, anticonvulsants, beta-blockers, etc.). These preventive medications should not be stopped arbitrarily, and when combining with herbal medicine, accurately disclosing all medications and supplements you are taking is the basis of safety. Stomach medication taken alongside painkillers is also common, so please share this as well so the prescription can be designed without conflicts.

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

At Dongjedang, during consultation we check your current medications and tapering stage to design a prescription that avoids conflicts, and guide dosing-time separation if needed. Once the body stabilizes, we work together with medical staff to gradually adjust the plan, while Korean medicine focuses on buffering the rebound headaches and sleep issues of that process.