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Analgesic Rebound Headache - See related article: headache due to substance or its withdrawal. Rebound headaches after analgesics are common. They are usually intermittent tension-type headaches. Patients with frequent headaches (e.g. tension headaches or migraine) self medicate to pre-empt or cure headache and a vicious cycle occurs, of analgesia, rebound headache and more analgesia.1 All simple analgesics, especially those with narcotic content, and probably non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ergotamine, caffeine and tryptans are implicated.2 Rebound headaches may occur after only a few days of analgesic dosing per week.3
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