Welcome! If you’re a new visitor, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!You might have heard about Pozen’s migraine product, Trexima, which is currently under review in the USA.  I know I’ve heard about it - a lot about it.  I’ve written about Trexima before, more than once.
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It happened in Florida this past week.  16 year old Rachel Malcolm was driving her 8 year old sister and 7 year old brother to school, down I-95.  They were going 70m/h (113km/h).
Rachel started seeing double, and went to pull over.  And passed out.
Her sister Jessica moved fast, climbed onto the front seat and grabbed […]

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Thanks to The Daily Headache for pointing this one out to me.  Today at 7pm Eastern time there will be a broadcast on the topic “Why Do Women Get More Migraines Than Men?”  There are the common answers to this question, but it’s worth digging a little deeper, because in the end a lot of […]

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The controversy and debate surrounding the painkiller Actiq is actually pretty typical.  In the United States, the drug has been approved for specific cancer pain, known as “breakthrough pain”.  This would include sudden and severe pain in a cancer patient that is already on strong painkillers.  But the drug is also used (legally) for other […]

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It’s a simple point that bears repeating - be cautious about getting information about migraine from press releases.  Thanks to Teri Robert for pointing this blog entry out from Abi’s Migrainous Wanderings.  In Be skeptical of Migraine info in press releases!, Abi gives an example of a press release that leaves the impression that […]

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Dr Jeffrey Kutcher and his team are looking into the brains of athletes.  Kutcher is concerned that athletes are more prone to nerve and brain problems.  It’s not just a matter of getting your head banged around - although that is a concern.  We’ve written before about concerns that many athletes return to the game […]

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I wrote earlier about the Mind over Migraine simulation from Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc. - see my original post here.  I thought I’d post it here for your convenience.  Bring someone you know over to the computer and show it to them - it’s a great conversation starter about how migraine attacks impact people.  Talk […]

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