by Dr Robbins | Aug 2, 2011 | Headache Drugs
In a recent article in Neurology Reviews, several new formulations and delivery systems for acute migraine medications which have been developed and are in clinical trials or awaiting approval were discussed. At the Headache cooperative of New England’s 21st...
by Dr Robbins | Aug 1, 2011 | Headache Drugs
Approximately 3% of pediatric headaches consist of chronic migraine, and many of these migraines are intractable to several preventive medicines. As of 2010 Botulinum toxin A has been approved for use as a treatment for chronic migraine in adults, but its use in the...
by Dr Robbins | Jul 29, 2011 | Headache Drugs
In a recent article published in Neurology Reviews, author Hans-Christoph Diener, MD, PhD said “For a majority of patients with medication overuse headache and chronic migraine, detoxification prior to initiation of preventive therapy is not necessary,” a...
by Dr Robbins | Jul 28, 2011 | Headache Drugs
It has been proposed that reductions in stress and improvement of mood can be used to predict the onset of headaches in people with migraines. The phenomenon of relaxation after stress increasing the likelihood of headache in migraineurs is called...
by Dr Robbins | Jul 26, 2011 | Headache Drugs
Although orgasmic headaches and Exertional headaches are two separately classified disorders, they have many similar characteristics. This led a recent study to review the degree of overlap of these two relatively uncommon primary headache disorders in terms of...
