Tension
Almost everyone has had a headache. Headache is the most common form of pain. It's a major reason people miss days at work or school or visit the doctor.
The most common type of headache is a tension headache. Tension headaches are due to tight muscles in your shoulders, neck, scalp and jaw. They are often related to stress, depression or anxiety. You are more likely to get tension headaches if you work too much, don't get enough sleep, miss meals, or use alcohol.
Other common types of headaches include migraines, cluster headaches, and sinus headaches. Most people can feel much better by making lifestyle changes, learning ways to relax and taking pain relievers.
Not all headaches require a doctor's attention. But sometimes headaches warn of a more serious disorder. Let your health care provider know if you have sudden, severe headaches. Get medical help right away if you have a headache after a blow to your head, or if you have a headache along with a stiff neck, fever, confusion, loss of consciousness, or pain in the eye or ear.
NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Tension FDA Approved Drugs
- Treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Method of treating hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia with a single composition.
- Treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (iop) in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension who require adjunctive or replacement therapy due to inadequately controlled iop. dose is one drop of combigan in the affected eye twice daily.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension who require adjunctive or replacement therapy due to inadequately controlled iop.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure.
- Reduction of intraocular pressure in patients with elevated intraocular pressure or glaucoma.
- Treatment of congestive heart failure.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Use of valsartan to reduce cardiovascular mortality in clinically stable patients with left ventricular failure or left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial infarction.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Method of treating hypertension.
- Method of treating left ventricular dysfunction.
- Method of treatment of heart failure.
- Treatment of heart failure.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Emergency treatment of allergic reactions (type i), including anaphylaxis.
- Increasing mean arterial blood pressure in adult patients with hypotension associated with septic shock.
- Induction and maintenance of mydriasis during intraocular surgery.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of conditions for which an aldosterone receptor blocker is indicated, such as hypertension, heart failure, and post-myocardial infarction.
- Treatment of conditions related to hyperaldosteronism such as hypertension and cardiac insufficiency, with eplerenone.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Use of eplerenone in combination with an angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor (and optionally a diuretic) for treating congestive heart failure and hypertension.
- Use of eplerenone in combination with an angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor for treating hypertension.
- For the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) in combination with tadalafil, wherein the weight ratio of ambrisentan to tadalafil is about 1:2 to about 1:3.
- For the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (pah) in combination with tadalafil.
- Method of treating hypertension.
- Treatment of cardiovascular disorders.
- A method of lowering intraocular pressure in a patient with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- A method of lowering intraocular pressure.
- A method of reducing intraocular pressure in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- A method of treating a patient with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Method of treating glaucoma in a patient.
- Method of treating glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising macitentan and a polysorbate, wherein the polysorbate represents 0.1 to 3% of the weight of said pharmaceutical composition.
- Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising macitentan and a polysorbate, wherin the polysorbate represents 0.1 to 1% of the weight of said pharmaceutical composition.
- Method of treating pulmonary hypertension comprising administering macitentan in combination with a compound having phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitory properties.
- Method of treating pulmonary hypertension by orally administering a formulation of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of treprostinil.
- Use of orenitram for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah) (who group 1)..
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Acute myocardial infarction.
- Method of treating hypertension.
- Method of treatment of heart failure.
- Reduction of mortality in acute mycardial infarction.
- Treatment of heart failure.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of myocardial infarction.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Treatment of hypertension.
- Method of treating pulmonary hypertension by administering treprostinil or a salt thereof by inhalation using a device.
- Treatment of pulmonary hypertension by inhalation.
- Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension comprising administering a crystalline form of selexipag.
- Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising selexipag.
- Method of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension comprising administering selexipag in combination with the endothelin receptor antagonist macitentan.
- Reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Felter's Materia Medica on Tension
   ...ith pedal edema; mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, with rapid and weak heart action, low arterial tension, difficult breathing, cough, and tendency to cyanosis. Action.Apocynum acts powerfully upo......cyanosis. Action.Apocynum acts powerfully upon the heart, slowing its action and raising arterial tension. The cardiac muscle appears to be directly stimulated by it as are probably the arterial coa...1
   The root of Asclepias tuberosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). United States and Canada. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Names: Pleurisy Root,... / ...lepias is not extensive, but important. Asclepias slows the action of the heart and lowers arterial tension. It especially relieves local hyperemia by vaso-motor control. Through some unexplained, tho...1
   The rhizome and rootlets of Convallaria majalis, Linné (Nat. Ord. Liliaceae.) Common Name: Lily of the Valley. Principal Constituents.Two... / ...gularities due to mechanical impediments; mitral insufficiency; feeble circulation and low arterial tension; dropsy of cardiac origin; palpitation and vehement heart action, with arrythmic movements, ... / ...carditis and endocarditis, using it in fractional doses. Convallaria is of less service in stenosis of the aorta than in mitral disorders.1
   The leaves of Digitalis purpurea, Linné (Nat. Ord. Scrophulariaceae), carefully dried and preserved away from light, in close containers. Europe;... / ...0 to 1/100 grain. Specific Indications.Weak, rapid, and irregular heart action, with low arterial tension; broken compensation; weak, rapid, flaccid pulse; weak heart sounds; dusky countenance, with... / ...pulse becomes very slow and irregular. The ventricle dilates more completely, thus prolonging the diastole; the systole becomes erratic in force,1
   The alkaloid obtained from the leaves of Duboisia myoporoides, Robert Brown (Nat. Ord. Myoporaceae), the Corkwood elm or Ngmoo of Australia and... / ...d by glaucoma and diseases of the fundus of the eye on account of its power to increase intraocular tension. It is a more rapid mydriatic and paralyzes accommodation more quickly than atropine and is ... / ...especially vomiting without previous nausea, and undoubtedly decreases the secretion of urine, hence it should be used with care and judgment.1
   The entire plant and oil of Erechtites hieracifolia, Rafinesque (Nat. Ord. Compositae.) A rank weed throughout the United States. Common Name:... / ...mentation and flatulence are present. Its ultimate effect upon the circulation is to raise vascular tension. It is eliminated most largely by the lungs, and to a lesser extent by the kidneys and skin.... / ...edema. For this purpose the dose should not be over one drop of the oil, in emulsion, well diluted. Usually the oil is administered on sugar.1
   The dried rhizome and roots of Gelsemium sempervirens (Linné,) Aiton (Nat. Ord. Loganiaceae). Dose, 1/10 to 1 grain. Common Names: Yellow... / ... and unrest; and often fever, spasm, and pain. In proper doses it relaxes high nervous and muscular tension. By diminishing the velocity of the blood current to the head and spinal tract it prevents s... / ...great restlessness and excitation are the classic indications for it as first formulated by Scudder, and these stand among the truest of speci1
   The root of Helleborus niger, Linné (Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceae.) Subalpine woods of central and southern Europe. Dose, 1 to 10 grains. Common... / ...loyed for such a purpose. In minute doses it may be employed to increase cardiac power and arterial tension and slow rapid action of the heart. It increases renal activity and has caused rapid disappe...1
   The rhizome of Jeffersonia diphylla, Barton (Nat. Ord. Berberidaceae). A handsome, vernal, flowering plant throughout the eastern half of the... / ...y and irritability. Watkins declared it efficient in pain in the head with dizziness and feeling of tension. Locke mentions it as useful where rheumatism is located chiefly in the muscles of the back,...1
   Rectified Oil of Turpentine, Rectified Turpentine Oil. Description.A thin colorless liquid corresponding to the properties described under Oleum... / ...ea. Its ingestion causes the skin to feel hot, the circulation is slightly accelerated and arterial tension increased. Being quickly absorbed it appears in the urine almost immediately after being swa...1
   ...on the heart-muscle itself, or by stimulating the vagal terminals and the cardiac ganglia. Arterial tension is first raised by it; then lowered. When dyspnea occurs it is thought to be due to the teta......spiratory paralysis. Physostigma (and physostigmine [eserinel more powerfully) reduces intraocular tension and strongly contracts the pupils, the myosis taking place in a few minutes and lasting from...1
   The dried leaflets of (1) Pilocarpus Jaborandi, Holmes; or (2) Pilocarpus microphyllus, Stapf (Nat. Ord. Rutaceae). Brazil and Paraguay. Dose, 20... / ...ency of urine; uremia; uremic poisoning, with convulsions; itching, with jaundice; increased ocular tension; deafness due to deficient aural secretion; alopecia; poisoning by atropine or belladonna; c... / ...bronchial and lachrimal flow. The saliva contains an abundance of ptyalin and salts and readily converts starch into sugar. At times the mucous 1
   The bark of the root of Piscidia piscipula, Jacquin (Nat. Ord. Leguminosae). West Indies and rarely in Florida. Dose, 5 to 60 grains. Common Name:... / ...t increases salivary and cutaneous secretion, slows the pulse, first increases then lowers arterial tension (due to the heart weakening), dilates the pupils, reduces reflex activity, may induce convul... / ...the feeble it should be employed with caution on account of its tendency to produce convulsions, even though it may satisfactorily relieve pain.1
   The recent herb of Anemone Pulsatilla, Linné, and of Anemone pratensis, Linné, collected soon after flowering (Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceae).... / ...stion, has been produced by large doses. Full doses depress the action of the heart, lower arterial tension, and reduce temperature. Sensory and motor paralyses have followed very large doses of pulsa...1
   The fresh leaves of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze (Rhus radicans, Linné, Rhus Toxicodendron, Linné) (Nat. Ord. Anacardiaceae) A common... / ...nce the use of an alcoholic solution of the lead salt to remove it and prevent poisoning or its extension. It is allied to cardol found in cashew-nut. Preparation.-Specific Medicine Rhus. Dose, 1/20... / ...dried wood is said to retain it. It has been named toxicodendrol, and is asserted to be in reality the only tangible substance found thus 1
Physician's Materia Medica on Tension
   Antispasmodic, reducing arterial tension and so causing momen tary acceleration of the heart beat. Used chiefly by inhalation to relax spasm, notably in asthma, in whooping cough. in spasmodic croup, in epileptic seizures, in tetanus and strychnine poisoning and in spasmodic dysmenorrhea. It is a valuable agent also in angina pec toris and in sudden heart failure, but must be used always intelli gently and with due caution remembering that it is a depressant, not a stimulant. Dose. usually 0.13 2
   A safe and eflicient depleting agent, accomplishing painlessly what was formerly effected by application of blisters, viz. relief of tension in inflammatory swellings by local abstraction of the watery constituents of the blood. The preparation consists simply of pure glycerin incorporated with a mineral silicate, previously well dried, with antiseptics such as methyl salicylate and boric acid added to increase the efliciency of the application. It has the consistence of soft putty and is applie2
   Alkaloid obtained from the leaves of various species of PILOCARPUS, and representing their medicinal activity. see Jaborandi. The alkaloid may be used to advantage in all cases where jaborandi is beneficial, and has besides in a remarkable degree the power of con tracting the pupil of the eye when applied locally. Solutions contain ing 1 to 4 grains to the fluidounce of the hydrochloride are much used by ophthalmologists for their myotic effect and to relieve intraocular tension, Dose, 0.001 to 2
Physician's Therapeutics Memoranda on Tension
   In organic diseases of the heart. remedies must be adapted to symptoms presented. Digitalis and... / ...ressure is desired; strophanthus when increas ed pressure will do harm, while yet an arterial stimulant is needed; nitroglycerin to diminish arterial tension, aconite when the heart’s action is excessive. Functional disturbance of the heart calls for cardiac tonics when it arises from weakness, ac...2
References
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.