Letter from the Editor
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In 1992 the clinical emergence of injectable sumatriptan, the first “designer drug“ developed specifically for migraine, inaugurated a revolution…
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Status Migrainosus: What Do You Do When the Migraine Won’t Stop?
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It was only 3 days ago when you started developing that familiar pain above your right eyebrow, but it seems more like a month…
Read MoreA Third Way: The Headache “Rescue Room”
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You: I have a terrible migraine headache, and it just will not stop! I’ve tried every medicine the doctor prescribed…
Read MoreMigraine Tip of the Month: The New Hybrid: Nurtec
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After I complete my evaluation of a new migraine patient who has come to my clinic, we sit together to plot…
Read MoreThe “Other” Primary Headaches: Part 1: The “others” that can cause daily headache
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Diagnostically speaking, headache disorders are designated as…
Read MoreMigraine Myth of the Month: It’s migraine only if you have an aura, etc.
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Amongst healthcare providers, headache patients and the general population there is a common misunderstanding…
Read MoreMigraine Treatment of the Month: Reyvow (lasmiditan)
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Within the past two years 3 new oral medications intended for treatment of acute migraine headache…
Read MoreDoctor on Call
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Erica, a 37-year-old female living in Bogota and teaching “English as a foreign language”, writes…
Read MoreLetter from the Editor
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For the healthcare provider who maintains a subspecialty interest in headache, a week can resemble one cycle of the ocean’s tide.
Read MorePediatric and Adolescent Migraine: Ten things to know
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Sad to say, but in the “nation of migraine” child and adolescent migraineurs too often are relegated to the status of second class citizens…
Read MoreThe Intersection of Migraine and Stroke: Migraine and stroke risk
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For reasons not entirely clear, migraine appears to convey approximately a 2- 3 fold increased risk of stroke relative to…
Read MoreMigraine Tip of the Month: What to do for your child’s acute migraine episode
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What is a parent to do?
Read MoreWhat’s New in Migraine Research? Highlights from the recent AAN meeting
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Highlights from the American Academy of Neurology annual scientific meeting
Read MoreMigraine Myth of the Month: Are your daily headaches a sign of a brain tumor?
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If your headaches always occur on the same side of your head, there is a very good possibility that you have a brain tumor or another serious cause for your headaches.
Migraine Treatments of the Month: Humble but Mighty Indomethacin
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Indomethacin is hardly a newcomer to medical therapeutics. This nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) initially became available for general clinical use in 1963…
Read MoreDoctor on Call: Giving up too soon vs sticking with a loser
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Keisha, a 38-year-old elementary school teacher who lives in Baltimore writes…
Read MoreLetter from the Editor
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In 1984 I performed a lumbar puncture on a young man who had presented to our hospital in San Diego with a confusing constellation of issues…
Read More“Incidentalomas”: How Brain MRI Can Complicate Migraine Management
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There is no MRI abnormality that is specific for the diagnosis of migraine.
Read MoreMigraine Myths of the Month: Debunking 10 of the Most Common
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Rather than focus on one particular myth, we decided to start off 2021 in style and tackle 10(!) common myths.
Read MoreMigraine Treatments of the Month: The Need for Speed
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For this issue I decided to exercise some editorial prerogative and up the ante to feature two treatments of the month instead of the usual one.
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