Since headache symptoms can cause a number of health risks and side effects, and frequent use of some medications can cause painful rebound headaches, many headache patients turn to alternative treatments in hopes of reducing their usage of traditional headache medicines. Debbie, who turned to alternative treatment, explains: "The doctor gave me a lot of medicine that doped me up and made me feel like I was in a fog. The effect was as bad as the headaches. I threw that stuff out and I switched to an alternative supplement. It gave me more energy, and kept me calmer. After I'd been on it a while I mellowed out, and seemed to get fewer headaches."

What Is Alternative Treatment"

An alternative treatment is a type of treatment that is not commonly accepted by traditional medical professionals in the United States. Due to limited studies...