by Sue Robbins | Sep 2, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Headache Pearls by Larry Robbins. M.D. REFRACTORY HEADACHES: MEDICATIONS * Botox * Opiods * MAOI’s * Stimulants * Frequent (daily) triptans MAOI’s * Ideal patient: Refractory headaches, depression, no insomnia, no weight loss, mature and responsible *...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 28, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Salk Institute for Biological Studies researchers have discovered that a series of compounds called opsinamides can block a receptor in the eye called melanopsin – a receptor found in neurons linking the eyes and the brain. Ten years ago the researchers found...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 26, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Advanced Headache Pearls by Larry Robbins M.D. * DEFINITION OF PAIN “Official Definition” vs. “Pain is what the patient says it is, and it’s as bad as the patient says it is. * MEDICATIONS : MINIMIZE Balance between headaches and medication....
by Sue Robbins | Aug 23, 2013 | Headache Drugs
The following is an article we posted on the Robbins’ Nest Blog last August. We often hear about the “placebo effect”; it seems timely to mention again the “nocebo effect.” A placebo is typically a fake medication used as a control in a...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 19, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Dawn A. Marcus, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh weighs in on the relationship between melatonin and headaches… Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland in the brain that regulates sleep. Many studies have linked sleep with migraine. For example,...
