by Sue Robbins | Aug 28, 2014 | Headache Drugs
Approximately 36% of patients who meet criteria for chronic migraine and consult a headache specialist receive a diagnosis of chronic migraine. Of patients who meet criteria and consult with a nonheadache specialist, about 16% receive a diagnosis of chronic migraine....
by Sue Robbins | Aug 26, 2014 | Headache Drugs
Some prescription anti-nausea medications have side effects, like making you drowsy, says gastroenterologist Patricia L. Raymond, an assistant professor of clinical internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. So, the idea of treating nausea...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 25, 2014 | Headache Drugs
I recently read this article by David J. Schimp, DC, DACNB, DAAPM. Dr. Schimp is an Associate Professor and Attending Clinician at Texas Chiropractic College. He describes his own personal journey with validating patients pain – here is a portion of his...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 24, 2014 | Headache Drugs
According to lead researcher Amy Gelfand, MD, assistant professor, Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, and child neurologist University of California, San Francisco, Headache Center, the results of a new meta-analysis linking...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 22, 2014 | Headache Drugs
New restrictions on hydrocodone combination painkillers, including Vicodin will take effect in mid-October. The federal government has elevated the opioid drug to Schedule II under the Controlled Substances Act. The notice, to be published today in the Federal...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 21, 2014 | Headache Drugs
With studies showing a direct connection between the content of images and the brain’s reaction to pain, stress, and anxiety, hospitals are choosing artwork based on the evidence and giving it a higher priority than just decorating rooms and hallways....
