Doonesbury: Head On !

[grayman]

Doonesbury (http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20071223) takes on "Head On! Apply directly to the forehead!". :)

[Locknar]

Doonesbury (http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20071223) takes on "Head On! Apply directly to the forehead!". :)
I like it!

[fuelair]

Wonderful indeed. We need more media types to "expose the Emperor" like that.

[UnrepentantSinner]

Nightstick! Apply Directly to the forhead.

[hubbub2]

Critical Thinking...Apply directly to the forhead...with a nightstick.:D

[UnrepentantSinner]

Critical Thinking...Apply directly to the forhead...with a nightstick.:D

OMG, a JREFer from Enid. Sorry for not PMing you this, but I'm too excited to do so (and I need to get my post count to 14.5k).

My dad was assigned to Vance back in the late 70s.
I lived on North 9th and I'm sorry but I forget the cross street, but my house was near Woodrow Wilson elementary.
My friend Damien lived up near the grain elevators at the north of town.
Is Phillips still a bastion of religous woo?

[Magic 9-Ball]

Good to see Doonesbury still able to call it like he sees it. I still have many strips I've cut out over the years.

I still have to yell at the TV over that commercial. I hate that they don't state what it does (nothing), but implies it's for headaches.

[X]

I thought it was a deodorant...

[Hellbound]

I thoguht it was Mastadon repellent.

I mena, you never see anyone who uses it get trampled to death by rabid mastadons ballet dancing on their foreheads, right? Seems pretty effective to me.

[Garrette]

I thoguht it was Mastadon repellent.

I mena, you never see anyone who uses it get trampled to death by rabid mastadons ballet dancing on their foreheads, right? Seems pretty effective to me.It happened to me just yesterday. Thanks a lot for bringing up that painful memory.

[Hellbound]

See, you should have used Head On! Apply directly to forehead!

:D

[grayman]

What I find ironic is that it is the Reverend that is explaining the effect and marketing of Head On. Replace Head On with Religion and see if the comment is still valid.

[Sasha]

I've never heard of it. It sounds like a hair restorer. So what is it?

[Cactus Wren]

I've never heard of it. It sounds like a hair restorer. So what is it?

According to Randi (http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-07/072806academic.html#i15), it's a homeopathic "remedy": basically a ChapStick-style applicator of grease, containing potassium dichromate (a disinfectant and dye) in a concentration of one part per million, and white bryony (a root) in a concentration of one part per trillion.

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeadOn), The company was prohibited from stating their product provided headache relief by the Better Business Bureau because there is no evidence for its efficacy.

[Sasha]

Thanks. That's just hilarious. :D

[Silentknight]

As someone who suffers from chronic migraine headaches, I'm glad I found out about this before actually going out and trying it. Granted I usually don't purchase an OTC drug or treatment without first reading the label, but I'm no less incensed at their dishonest marketing. To make matters worse, the makers have been diversifying with new products such as ActivOn, FirstOn, and PreferOn. But it's all just wax.

If the charlatans who run Miralus Healthcare knew what it felt like to get frequent headaches, they'd probably take it more seriously. I think they need the aforementioned nightsticks applied directly to their foreheads repeatedly so that they get the message. They at least need to pay for those headache-inducing commercials of theirs. :p

[X]

As someone who suffers from chronic migraine headaches, I'm glad I found out about this before actually going out and trying it. Granted I usually don't purchase an OTC drug or treatment without first reading the label, but I'm no less incensed at their dishonest marketing. To make matters worse, the makers have been diversifying with new products such as ActivOn, FirstOn, and PreferOn. But it's all just wax.

If the charlatans who run Miralus Healthcare knew what it felt like to get frequent headaches, they'd probably take it more seriously. I think they need the aforementioned nightsticks applied directly to their foreheads repeatedly so that they get the message. They at least need to pay for those headache-inducing commercials of theirs. :p


I used to get nasty migraines back when I was in my young-mid teens.
Eventually, I worked out that I ate chocolate (in the amount of 1 average-sized chocolate bar or more) before each migraine.
I stoped eating chocolate, and have been free of nasty migraines ever since.
Perhaps you should look into a cause?

My mother still gets them frequently. In her case, I put it down to far too much caffeine intake.

Not that you haven't searched for causes (with motivation like migraines, searching for causes tends to get done quick), but iis it possible it's something you haven't considered?

Just idle (and probably useless) musings, which nonetheless are more valuable than HeadOn.

[chran]

Here is the ad in question. Thank me later ;)

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[Silentknight]

;3281154']I used to get nasty migraines back when I was in my young-mid teens.
Eventually, I worked out that I ate chocolate (in the amount of 1 average-sized chocolate bar or more) before each migraine.
I stoped eating chocolate, and have been free of nasty migraines ever since.
Perhaps you should look into a cause?

My mother still gets them frequently. In her case, I put it down to far too much caffeine intake.

Not that you haven't searched for causes (with motivation like migraines, searching for causes tends to get done quick), but iis it possible it's something you haven't considered?

Just idle (and probably useless) musings, which nonetheless are more valuable than HeadOn.
I've already tried ruling out causes, including typical food causes, but thanks all the same. Chocolate is definitely not a trigger with me, because I still get them regardless of if I've eaten any chocolate. In my case it actually helps some, because the phenylethylamine is known for its painkiller / antidepressant properties. Caffeine actually helps me as well, but obviously I can't depend on it all the time since it keeps me up at night.

The causes I have identified as most likely are sleep deprivation, stress, changes in blood pressure, bright lights, smoke, motion sickness, or anything that causes a dilation or constriction of blood vessels in my head. Obviously I can't have anything with alcohol in it, not that that's a problem for me since I don't drink.

[Soapy Sam]

The ads fail to mention you need to drill 6 5 / 8" holes in your forehead first, to let the homoeopathic goodness in.

If anyone out there is dumb enough to actually do this...
...carry on.

[Chris Haynes]

How is it better than a damp wash cloth placed on the forehead (or over the eyes)?

[Chris Haynes]

Just in case you think I am being silly, from an Amazon website (http://www.amazon.com/Head-Directly-Forehead-Migraine-Relief/dp/B000GGFYPO)the list of ingredients:

Ingredients
Active Ingredients: Blue Flag 12X H.P.U.S. 0.1% (Iris Versicolor - Pain Reliever**), Potassium Dichromate (6X H.P.U.S. 0.03% - Pain Reliever**), White Bryony (12X H.P.U.S. 0.04% - Pain Reliever**).

Ingredients
Inactive Ingredients: Diazolidinyl Urea, Ethyl Alcohol, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Menthol, Menthyl Lactate, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Stearate, Steareth 21, Tetrasodium EDTA, Triethanolamine, Water.

......

Take note, nothing is in true "homeopathic" dilutions (nothing is lower than Avogadro numbers), and the alcohol and menthol in the "inactive" ingredient list is probably doing all the cooling work. If you have lived with anyone who gets migraines (like my hubby's family) you will soon learn that "migraine" equates to squiggly visuals, followed by being in a dark room with a damp cloth over the forehead (along with multiple pain meds, from ibuprofen to naproxen), oh, and with my son, vomiting relieves the pain.

[dibs]

I've already tried ruling out causes, including typical food causes, but thanks all the same. Chocolate is definitely not a trigger with me, because I still get them regardless of if I've eaten any chocolate. In my case it actually helps some, because the phenylethylamine is known for its painkiller / antidepressant properties. Caffeine actually helps me as well, but obviously I can't depend on it all the time since it keeps me up at night.

The causes I have identified as most likely are sleep deprivation, stress, changes in blood pressure, bright lights, smoke, motion sickness, or anything that causes a dilation or constriction of blood vessels in my head. Obviously I can't have anything with alcohol in it, not that that's a problem for me since I don't drink.

I used to suffer from migraine brought about by environmental triggers, especially strong perfume. I found that sumatriptan cured them very effectively, but as it was still a problem avoiding triggers all the time I went back to my doctor who prescribed me verapamil, a blood pressure medication that works prophylactically against migraines. I haven't suffered from a single migraine since I started the medication.

Western medicine, you've got to love it.

[RSLancastr]

...or anything that causes a dilation or constriction of blood vessels in my head.Do you drink a lot of caffeine, but get the headaches when you stop drinking the caffeine?

Years ago, I gave up a huge Coke/Pepsi habit cold-turkey, and got killer headaches until someone explained to me that caffeine dilates the blood vessels in the brain, and suddenly ceasing my caffeine intake was causing the headaches. I thereafter would take a caffeine pill (equiv to a cup of coffee) every time a headache would start, and the headache went away. This happened less and less frequently, until I wasn't taking any caffeine pills either.

And now, back to your regularly-scheduled thread...