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Confused about the difference between chronic daily headache and chronic tension type headache? Let’s talk about it. This month a report came out about the use of Botox for various headache disorders. The meta-analysis (a study of earlier studies) concluded that Botox had been helpful for "chronic daily headache" and "chronic migraines", but had not [...]
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Using ketamine for pain is not a new idea. But I think we’re going to see it get an increasing amount of attention in the months ahead. A few weeks ago, NPR featured a news story on the use of ketamine for depression. Ketamine, originally developed as a human anaesthetic, has since been used for [...]
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Also coming three weeks from today – an event in Lincoln, England, UK for migraineurs. The theme is Managing Your Migraine. The event goes from 9:30am to 1pm on the 5th of March 2011. Here’s what the Migraine Trust has to say about the event: The Migraine Trust is organising a public information event for [...]
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There doesn’t seem to be much doubt that there’s a connection between obesity and migraine. Various studies suggest that weight gain, obesity, eating patterns, and so on, are risk factors for migraine and chronic daily headache. Now once again, we do have the chicken-and-the-egg question. Could the migraine or CDH actually be causing the weight gain? [...]
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In the last few years, it seems that Zanaflex for migraine is becoming increasingly popular with specialists. The name of the drug is tizanidine hydrochloride, with brand names such as Zanaflex and Sirdalud. It’s considered a "muscle relaxant", and it acts on the central nervous system to relax certain muscles in your body. Interestingly, Zanaflex [...]
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