Robbins Headache Clinic Blog
A New Book Puts My Pain in Perspective
In “Migraine,” Katherine Foxhall delivers a thorough and illuminating history of migraine that traces our endeavors to understand, treat and eliminate this painful condition we still know little about. Is migraine a disease? What causes migraine? What are its...
Cluster Headache and Magic Mushrooms?
Neurologists say it’s some of the worst pain known to medical science — right up there with kidney stones, childbirth and amputation without anesthesia. It’s so bad that as many as 25% of sufferers report suicidal intentions during the course of their ailment. 6-7-19....
Gut Bacteria May Help Explain Why Drugs Don’t Work for Everyone
Some drugs work well for one person but are ineffective for another; some also produce adverse events for certain individuals but not others. A study, using human gut bacteria and a mouse model, investigates whether our gut bacteria might help explain why. 6-6-19....
Migraine Affects a Billion People, But We Still Don’t Know Exactly Why
First things first: Migraine is not just a headache. It’s a genetic, neurological disease with an estimated billion sufferers around the world—that’s one in seven people, three-quarters of them women. 4-11-19. Read more here.
Study Says Migraine Prescription Patterns Provide Clinical Insights
Using a migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) score obtained through a patient questionnaire provides additional insight into migraine care, according to a poster presented at ISPOR 2019. The research showed that primary care physicians prescribe preventive therapy...
NYU Researchers Say De-Stressor App May Help Migraine Pain
Many of the 36 million migraine sufferers in the US turn off their smartphones — any lights and sounds, for that matter — when a headache sets in, so it may come as a surprise that researchers at NYU School of Medicine are touting a de-stressor app they say may help...
CGRP QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
Dr Robbins & CGRP Part I We were privileged to have Dr. Lawrence Robbins doing a Facebook Live Chat in our group on May 21, 2019. Dr Robbins talked about the CGRP Medications one year after the first medication was FDA approved, and answered questions about how...
FDA Approves Drug to Help Cut Frequency of Cluster Headaches
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday gave the nod to Emgality, an injected medication that's the first to cut the frequency of cluster headaches. 6-5-19. Read more here.
Migraine Associated Vertigo
Between 30 and 50% of migraineurs will sometimes experience dizziness, a sense of spinning, or feeling like their balance is off in the midst of their headaches. This is now termed vestibular migraine, but is also called migraine associated vertigo. Sometimes...
How Doctors Determine Migraine Treatment Plans
A lot goes into developing a personalized treatment for migraine. Stewart Tepper, MD, of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, talks about how these plans are crafted with individual patients in mind. 5-16-19. Read more here.