Posts Tagged ‘ headache ’

Dangers of Acetaminophen Overdose

Posted Feb 15th, 2010 and has No Comments »

Acetaminophen, the aspirin-free pain reliever found in many medications such as Tylenol, has been around for so long, you might assume that it’s one of the safest pain relievers on the market – and when used properly, it is.  However, acetaminophen is also the leading cause of acute liver failure in the US, a statistic that emphasizes the dangers of …



Top 5 Causes of Headaches

Posted Mar 20th, 2009 and has 1 Comment »

Sometimes you wake up with it and sometimes you can feel it building inside of your head – that throbbing, dull ache inside of your head that makes it difficult to concentrate on anything else.  You’ve got a headache. Medical practitioners usually classify headaches into two categories.  The first category,  primary headaches, are those headaches that are not caused by …