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                            <div class="subscriber-preview">Question.  I am 69 years old and drink two cups of coffee every morning.  Once or twice a week I wake up with a dull ache in the back of my head on the left side.  It always goes away with my first cup of coffee.  Is this caffeine withdrawal?  My doctors found no physical cause.</p></div><noscript><div class="meter notification wall alert alert-dismissable alert-warning hidden-print" data-message="blox noscript">
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