If you see an internist or general practitioner about your headaches, you’re guaranteed to annoy them if you say “I have bad headaches and get dizzy a lot.” These two are pretty much the most general and hardest to diagnose from symptoms around. Even if…
Trexima, a combination of sumatriptan (Imitrex) and naproxen sodium (found in Aleve and other NSAIDs), was expected to receive FDA approval last week. Requesting more safety data, the FDA has delayed approval of Trexima. The concern is about one of the four tests of genotoxicity,…
How is it that I’m always surprised when I get a bad all-day migraine? Every migraine eases up eventually, so my optimism isn’t unfounded. But am I expecting the best or just denying reality? Is self-deception always bad? I don’t keep a headache diary because…
Headache specialist Christina Peterson‘s comments on the news that a patient’s skin sensitivity may help predict Botox’s effectiveness for migraine explains the exciting research behind the story. Dr. Peterson attended the lecture on the topic at the International Headache Society’s annual conference. She wrote: This…
In a normal world, deliberately drinking caffeine before a massage is illogical. Yet it was the only way I enjoyed the massage I treated myself to yesterday. Without much time between yoga and the massage I had scheduled yesterday, I went to Whole Foods for…