Headache & Migraine
Clinical Topics & News
Devices for the treatment of migraine
Literature Review
Trial finds that intranasal DHE is well tolerated and may reduce migraine symptoms
Most patients experienced symptom relief within 2 hours and reported that the medication was easy to use and preferable to their current therapy...
Literature Review
Virtual roller-coaster may explain the ups and downs of migraine
The prevalence of dizziness was 65% among patients with migraine who underwent a virtual roller-coaster ride, versus 30% among those without...
News
Occipital nerve stimulation offers relief for patients with intractable chronic cluster headache
The frequency of attacks may decrease with neuromodulation intervention, a new trial suggests.
Literature Review
Updated consensus statement assesses new migraine treatments
The AHS offers a consensus statement, but not everyone agrees.
Conference Coverage
Novel NSAID–triptan drug effectively relieves migraine pain
About 74% of patients who received AXS-07 experienced no progression of pain from 2 to 24 hours.
Migraine Briefs
Restricted dietary acid load may reduce odds of migraine
Migraine Briefs
Migraine linked to increased hypertension risk in menopausal women
Conference Coverage
Women with migraine are ‘high-risk’ patients during pregnancy
Pregnant women with migraine had more diabetes, hypertension, blood clots, more complications during delivery, and more postpartum complications...
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for patients with migraine
The only real clinical concern clinicians may need to consider is the headache differential for women under age 60 who call with a headache a week...