by Dr Robbins | Jun 20, 2012 | Headache Drugs
What do we mean by “chronic migraine”?? Episodic migraine is migraine that occurs less than 15 days a month; less than 15 days a month of any sort of headache. Episodic migraine may be 1, 2, 6,9 headaches a month, but certainly not daily or most days. Most...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 14, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Refractory means “difficult to treat”…where the headaches have not responded to the usual minstrations..this is a common situation. Previously, I had published several studies(in our Archives) on long-term effects of daily headache preventives:...
by Dr Robbins | Aug 12, 2011 | Headache Drugs
A recent study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that facial surgery can be used to provide long term relief from migraines. For the study 69 patients were examined over a five-year follow-up study with 88% experiencing an improvement...
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 | Dec 8, 2002 | Headache Drugs
The cost of Botox, unfortunately, just went up.. from about $390 per 100unit vial to approx $417 a vial. The cost of Botox does limit it’s use; the average patient now recieves 50 to 100 units per treatment. In the earlier days, we used lower doses. I do...
