Respondents to a survey of about 1000 patients with chronic migraine reported missing family events on a regular basis and felt guilty and sad about how this affected their relationships with their spouses and children. About 75% thought they would …
There are currently 3 drugs being studied that target CGRP. One drug showed a reduction of 66% compared to a 52% placebo group reduction in migraine days. Sixteen percent were headache-free while none of the placebo patients were. The second …
Our center is a site in a phase IIb trial of a compound named LBR-101. This is a monoclonal antibody directed against calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Phase I and II trials have been very promising. The medication is given by …
The connection between hallucinogens and cluster headache began in 1998 when a Scottish patient posted on a cluster headache website that he missed his fall cycle of cluster headaches and could connect this only with using LSD recreationally. LSD may …
A study by Dr Scott Powers in Cincinnati found that adding biofeedback, relaxation techniques, and stress reduction to amitriptyline therapy reduced the number of migraine days and disability and had a favorable and clinically meaningful impact on children school functioning. …
Tension type headaches are termed episodic if less than 15 days a month and chronic if more than 15. Almost everyone has had this type of headache. Think stress, lack of sleep, hangovers, flus. Duration is usually 1-2 hours, unlike migraine …
Nummular means coin-shaped (think numismatist-coin collector). These are rare and often difficult to treat. Patients complain of a constant, severe pain, without migraine features, localized to a specific area of the scalp, about the size of a silver dollar. Nothing …
A visual aura, consisting of partial loss of vision or scintillating scotoma, precedes the headache in about a quarter of migraineurs. Occasionally people in their 50’s or 60’s, whether or not they have a history of migraine, develop attacks consisting …
This a controversial diagnosis mainly because most migraine patients have neck pain during an attack and for some, the pain seems to start in the neck. In fact, there is a “migraine center” in the base of the brain and …
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