If headaches aren't caused by another health problem, treatment focuses on preventive medication. For chronic migraines, for example, tricyclic antidepressants (Amitriptyline) may help prevent future migraines.
In many ways, Kaiser has been ahead of the curve on health care for decades. Started by a surgeon running a tiny hospital near Desert Center, Calif., to serve construction workers, Kaiser became an H.M.O. with its own doctors and hospital in the mid-1940s and expanded beyond California over the next 50 years.
You must reside in the Kaiser Permanente Medicare health plan service area in which you enroll. In California, Maryland and the District of Columbia, Kaiser Permanente is an HMO plan and a Cost plan with a Medicare contract. In Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Georgia, Kaiser Permanente is an HMO plan with a Medicare contract. In Virginia, Kaiser Permanente is a Cost plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Kaiser Permanente depends on contract renewal. At sales meetings, a sales person will be present with information and applications.