by Dr Robbins | Mar 13, 2012 | Headache Drugs
According to some studies, as many as 75% of treatment-seeking fibromyalgia patients also experience migraine or tension headaches. While there is no definitive correlation between the two conditions, migraine and fibromyalgia share several triggers and symptoms....
by Dr Robbins | Mar 9, 2012 | Headache Drugs
There is a new article just out on a theory: that bipolar and migraine both have, as an important component, inflammation: cytokines, part of the inflammatory process, are involved. They feel that possibly if we attack the inflammation we may help both conditions. I...
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 | Feb 24, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Just released research indicates that middle-aged women are approximately 40% more likely to become depressed if they have migraine headaches. The study, conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston suggests that the risk of depression stays raised even if...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 19, 2012 | Headache Drugs
For some people whose migraines are triggered by certain visual patterns, precision-tinted glasses seem to help. According to Jie Huang, associate professor of radiology at Michigan State University, people who have migraine, accompanied by “aura” such as...
