by Dr Robbins | May 29, 2012 | Headache Drugs
Prophylactic migraine medicine is given on a daily basis to prevent the occurrence of migraine as much as possible. Acute migraine treatment is given to rid ongoing attacks. The majority of migraineurs do not use the acute anti-migraine drugs, the triptans. This is...
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 | 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 | Dec 17, 2002 | Uncategorized
The main abortives for clusters remain: triptans (Imitrex, Maxalt, etc.), oxygen analgesics lidocaine nasal spray ergots. Triptans do work the best, particularly Imitrex injections (many cluster sufferers get by with 2 or 3mg, which is half of a vial). Oxygen,...
by Dr Robbins | Dec 11, 2002 | Headache Drugs
Several new triptans (Imitrex-type meds) have come on the market in the past year and a half; Axert (almotriptan) came out 1.5 years ago, and more recently Frova. There are pluses and minuses to each. Axert is relatively mild, with very few chest symptoms; it is...
