by Dr Robbins | Mar 5, 2012 | Headache Drugs
We need newer preventives; …none are all that close, unfortunately. Cambia is a powdered (mix in water) form of diclofenac (an nsaid, like ibuprofen), gets into the system pretty fast. Sumavel is a nice, needle free injection of sumatriptan (Imitrex), very fast...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 4, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Refractory headache basically is “what to do for difficult, frequent headaches when things have not easily worked”. I started the Refractory Headache Section of the American Headache Society 11 years ago; we have spent a decade defining refractory...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 3, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Charles Duhigg, author of the new book “The Power of Habit” contends that patterns of daily routine can actually undermine what we consciously desire. Duhigg describes a “golden rule of habit change.” For example, if an old routine is laying on...
by Dr Robbins | Mar 2, 2012 | Headache Drugs
I am interested in evolution from a # of standpoints…did you ever wonder why we have headaches, why they exist?? Is there an evolutionary advantage for migraine?? Our closest relatives are chimps..one could consider humans to just be a third species of...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 28, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Last month a team of scientists at the University of California Berkeley programmed computers to decode brain waves, transmitting them into words. Another group of scientists at Berkeley five months prior showed their colleagues movie trailers, and then using...
