Welcome! If you’re a new visitor, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s not really news that a lot of migraineurs suffer from "sensitive skin" - otherwise known as cutaneous allodynia.  I deal with allodynia myself.
The news is just how widespread the problem is.  A massive study of […]

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Are left-handed people more likely to have migraine?  It may seem like a strange question, but we all know that discussions over how left and right dominance influences the rest of our lives goes back thousands of years.
In 1982, a study came out of Harvard Medical School by Norman Geschwind and Peter Behan, testing the […]

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A team of researchers led by Dr. Francesca Coppola from the University of Perugia (Università degli Studi di Perugia), Italy, recently investigated some side effects of the drug topiramate, sold as Topamax.  Specifically, they were looking at patients taking the drug for migraine, as compared to patients taking other medications.  They wanted to see if […]

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One of the most fascinating things about migraine is the symptom known as aura.  More specifically, visual disturbances that sometimes are a part of a migraine attack.  Some people have had visual disturbances and no headache at all, though most tend to have the headache and not the visual aura.

About 15% of migraineurs have some […]

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Let’s face it.  Stocking up on drugs is not an idea that makes your insurance company happy.  But the challenge of having the right drugs on hand at the right time is adding to worldwide migraine pain.
This is actually a study from June 2007, but it’s worth looking at.  Dr. Robert A. Nicholson, assistant professor […]

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Back in early 2006 I wrote about a new class of migraine drugs that was in the testing phases.  It’s called a gap junction blocker, and the drug being tested is called tonabersat.  It’s time for an update!
A major phase of the clinical trials have been completed for tonabersat.  The results were encouraging, and reason […]

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A simple surgery is being researched that may bring significant relief to those suffering from chronic headaches.  The small trial showed an increase in "quality of life" of 250% over 12 months.
The study involved 42 women and 13 men with chronic migraine.  What was done?  Certain superficial blood vessels on the scalp […]

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