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chronic daily headache

I appreciated Ellen’s blog post on Home therapy for intractable Migraine.  She mentions an interesting study, and brings up, once again, DHE migraine treatment! DHE, or dihydroergotamine, has been a topic of conversation here more than once.  See especially DHE Migraine Treatment: Why some people still use it and Levadex – inhaled migraine drug on [...]

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Simple surgery for chronic headache

by James on 18 February 2008

Photo courtesy of allspice1 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 [...]

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Botox and CDH

by James on 8 April 2005

A new study published in the Headache journal is suggesting a still wider use for Botox.  The makers of Botox, Allergan Inc, sponsored a study using Botox in patients with Chronic Daily Headache and migraine.  The controlled study involved 355 patients, about 85% women.  Each patient had at least one migraine attack during the trial [...]

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