dr alexander mauskop

21 November 2011

Why Migralex was Developed

This is a very brief video from Dr. Alexander Mauskop of the New York Headache Clinic explaining why Migralex was developed. Migralex is an abortive that many of you are familiar with. It’s been helpful for many people with migraine and headache, and it’s available without a prescription.

Migralex works well for some because the whole is more than the parts. Very often, an individual ingredient (ie aspirin, magnesium…) won’t help. But a carefully measured combination of ingredients can make all the difference.

It’s important to emphasize that this is not an excuse to avoid seeing a doctor! But Migralex may be helpful for someone under a doctor’s care, or someone who has the symptoms that so far are not being effectively treated by their doctor.

Read more reviews of Migralex here. It can also be purchased through the link.

21 June 2010

Monday Notes (21 June 2010)

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First of all, thanks to all of you who ordered the Migraine Barometer. You used up the company’s supply once again! 🙂

As I mentioned before, we’re hoping to get a larger shipment in soon. Meanwhile, if you go to the Migraine Barometer page and scroll down, you can ask to be notified when the barometers return.

Now, I wanted to share a few things from around the internet that you might like to check out:

Genetic research in medication overuse headaches: Thoughts about the future of treating medication overuse headache from Dr. Alexander Mauskop.
Tori Spelling & Migraines: Another Famous Migraineur: Cutting through the gossip and finding migraine.
Use $1.00 to Help You Measure How Much To Do: Similar to the Spoon Theory; another way to think about life with chronic pain.
ER Visits Due to Painkiller Abuse Soaring: Report: A growing concern, and a reminder to treat drugs responsibly (including drugs you’re not using anymore).
Strides Arcolab Gets FDA OK For Sumatriptan Succinate Injection: The title says it all.
Pediatric Migraine Treatment Practices Vary Widely in ER: We have a lot to learn about treating migraine in children.

8 June 2009

Vitamin B2, Migraine, and Genetics

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Now we’re getting somewhere.

Recently Dr. Alexander Mauskop of the New York Headache Center reported on an Italian study related to migraine and genetics. Genetics holds a lot of promise when it comes to understanding what migraine is, and how to treat it. But we still have a long way to go.

But this study really takes us in a practical directions. Researchers discovered that the absence of a certain gene can predict how well a patient will respond to vitamin B2 (riboflavin).

Vitamin B2 has been a very helpful supplement for migraineurs, but like most things it doesn’t work for everyone (more on riboflavin here). Why not? Perhaps for many things, genetics hold the answer. Wouldn’t you love to have a test, and then be given a supplement that had a high chance of working for you, not just one that generally worked for a lot of people?

Like I said, now we’re getting somewhere.

Read Dr Mauskop’s post Genetic-based personalized medicine in headaches