by Sue Robbins | Sep 11, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Michele Gargan, PsyD, director of support and education for the U.S. Pain Foundation says, “While it is important to be true to yourself and not try to drastically alter your personality, you might consider how your personality style may be getting in your own...
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...
