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Yahoo! News - Teens Suffering From Rebound Headache:

Also, some specialists think months of painkiller use by migraine sufferers can transform their pain, until the rebound-prone experience a chronic tension-type headache. (Overusing any painkiller can trigger rebound headache, but over-the-counter drugs are the most widely used and thus most blamed.)

Lest anyone doubt rebound headache is real, Pina-Garza points to typical cases in his office: Youths whose parents have migraines but have never suffered a serious headache themselves — until a week of high-dose painkillers after knee surgery or a sports sprain spurs headaches that they continue to medicate.