Coffee has many benefits and harms alike. In this regard, many people said they suffer from headaches when they do not drink coffee, while others consider that a dose of caffeine would ease the headache. What is the real effect of caffeine?
Sonia Santos, head of the headache study group at the Spanish Society of Neurology, confirms a link between headaches and caffeine, especially as it is used as a component of pain-relieving medications, said the author, Maria Sanchez Mungi.
It is known that adding 100 milligrams of caffeine to a standard dose of painkillers would improve the painkiller's ability to relieve pain.
In contrast, Samuel Diath, head of the neurology department at La Hospital in Valencia, said neurologists do not recommend caffeine as a headache treatment because it can interfere with other prescription drugs.
careful
The author noted that caution should be exercised against excessive consumption of caffeine, it is true that consuming in small amounts can help control the migraine attack, but in turn can cause the consumption of this substance in large quantities of damage, such as sleep disturbances, tension and irregularity Heart rate, which depends on the weakness or sensitivity of each person.
On the other hand, the neurologist added that when excessive consumption of analgesics and caffeine stops, the risk of bouncing headaches is very high, and therefore should be eliminated gradually.
Although moderate coffee consumption can be beneficial, high caffeine consumption is not an effective treatment for headaches.
On the other hand, there are some exceptions.In this regard, Santos reported that there are other types of headaches, such as headaches caused by low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, where doses of caffeine ranging from 200 to 300 milligrams can be used every eight hours or 12 hours. It can also be used in cases of sleep headache or headache warning, as you can take amounts of caffeine preparations or coffee, ie 40 or 60 milligrams for caffeine as well as a cup or two cups of coffee. Ironically, caffeine in these patients does not lead to insomnia.
deprivation
Diath reported that many patients suffer from headaches due to coffee deprivation, which is one of the causes of what is known as migraines at the weekend, which usually occurs by stopping coffee on Saturday and Sunday. In general, changing the routine of meals, coffee or sleep, adversely affects people with migraines.