Pain Medication May Worsen Migraine Diagnosis

Recent research is indicating that overuse of pain medications is causing episodic sufferers to become chronic sufferers (their total number of monthly headache days actually increases).

BENEFITS OF MIGRAINES?

Can their be benefits to getting migraines. A recent study found migraine sufferers are less likely to get breast cancer.

New Warning of Botox Dangers

Company Marketing Botox Loses 212 Million Lawsuit Over Side-Effects. Botox is now used by some people seeking relief from Migraines.

New Dangers of Prescription Migraine Meds

Researchers discover changes in nerve sensitivity to migraine triggers due to overuse of migriane drugs. In patients who over use either Over-The-Counter drugs like aspirin, Excedrin, motrin or prescription drugs like Imitrex, Zomig, Relpax, an increase in the number of migraines experienced every month, occurs. This is also referred to a “rebound headache”.

Can Migraines Affect the Cognitive Performance of Your Child?

Migraines may be affecting the cognitive performance of your child. Children with migraines have much lower scores in the areas of arithmetic, vocabulary, perceptual organization and resistance to distraction and processing speed according to a recent study.

FDA Warning: Topamax Increases Risk of Birth Defects

FDA warns Topiramate (Topamax) migraine prevention drug, is a high risk for birth defects when used by pregnant women. Migrelief is a safe natural alternative for Women of child bearing age suffering migraines.

Study Finds That Migraines Do Not Cause Cognitive Damage

Long term study finds that migraines do not cause cognitive damage. Many migraine sufferers fear brain damage from suffering chronic migraines over time. The results of this study is good news for migraineurs.

Do Migraine Medications Actually Increase Migraines?

REBOUND HEADACHES: Can Some Migraine Medications Increase The Number and Frequency of Migraines? Rebound headaches from prescription and over-the-counter migraine headache medications – what you need to know! Many chronic migraine sufferers resort to taking prescription medicines called triptans when a migraine gets out of control. These medicines are used “acutely.” This means you take them when you already have a migraine you want to try to stop. These drugs do not prevent migraines from occurring. In fact, not only...

Migraines & Traveling

Chronic migraine sufferers often report an increase in their migraine activity when traveling. Coming down with a migraine is never fun and especially so, when you get one while away from home.

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Sleep Deprivation and Migraines

Sleep Deprivation Shown to Lead to Actual Changes in Brain Protein Associated With Migraine Pain Perhaps you’ve read some of the past articles where I spell out the importance of consistent, quality sleep, for overall health and specifically for migraine sufferers. Now researchers at Missouri State University have demonstrated that sleep deprivation actually leads to changes in key brain proteins that are associated with migraines developing. These proteins, in essence, seem to render nerves more susceptible to expressing pain and...

Migraine Studies and References for Magnesium, Riboflavin and Feverfew.

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL MEDICINE: MIGRAINE Published by Natural Product Research Consultants Donald Brown, N.D. Alan Gaby, M.D. Ronald Reichert, N.D. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL MEDICINE: MIGRAINE Migraine has been a well known medical problem for over 5,000 years and represents one of the most investigated types of head pain. Research on large groups of people has shown that in the U.S. 18% of women and 6% of men suffer from migraine.1 This extrapolates to approximately 18 million females and...

Migraines Confer a Protective Effect Against Breast Cancer

Research published in 2009 indicates that women with migraine headaches have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer. 4500 pre and postmenopausal women between the ages of 34-65 were studied and the results were that women with migraines regardless of their age of menopausal status had a 26% lower risk of having breast cancer. The researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center stated that they did not understand how migraines conferred their protective effect against breast cancer and further...