If you’ve ever thought that others would be more understanding of migraine if they ever had one, Ortho-McNeil, the pharmaceutical company that makes Topamax and Axert, has exactly what you need. The company’s Mind Over Migraine site includes a simulation of a migraine attack, complete with aura and audio representations of a pounding head and…
Temples in a locked-down vise. Circus elephant balancing on one foot, spread across my forehead and nose. Head like Fred Flintstone’s big toe after he’s dropped a bowling ball. Ears as sensitive as cheese grater-bitten fingers. Nausea that could only be induced by deep sea fishing. Skin and scalp beaten with a meat mallet, just…
The usual description of migraine includes visual aura, one-sided throbbing pain, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. There’s a lot more to it than that. The following information, which comes from my very favorite migraine book, Migraine: The Complete Guide, is a list of the other symptoms of migraine. It’s organized by the phase…
British regulators have approved Pozen’s MT 100, a drug that combines naproxen (which is what’s in Aleve) and metoclopramide (Reglan, an anti-nausea med), for marketing in the UK. migraineurs without nausea are the drug’s target market. Yes, you read that right — migraineurs without nausea. Metoclopramide is said to increase the speed by which the…
After months of fruitless searches for headache or migraine related on NIH‘s clinical trials database, there’s a plethora of trials. The database currently has 43 headache and 36 migraine studies listed. Topics include: Improving migraine treatment in the ER New preventives and abortives Headache-specific studies of preventives and abortives currently used off-label Studies specifically for…