It’s a fact. More women have migraine than men. And many women have menstrual migraine, or menstrually related migraine, which is clearly influenced by hormonal cycles. Why me?? But don’t jump to conclusions too quickly. Is migraine just a matter of hormones out of control? Are hormones the reason why there are more female migraineurs than [...]
by James on 25 October 2010
Menstrual migraine (including menstrually related migraine, true menstrual migraine, etc, and sometimes called a period headache) certainly isn’t the only type of migraine out there. But it is a common type. And it is… well, different! Until recently, menstrual migraine often wasn’t distinguished in diagnosis and research from other types of migraine. But now we’re [...]
by James on 26 October 2009
I liked this book. You probably wouldn’t, but I sure did. All right, let me qualify that a little bit. The book I’m talking about is the brand new Menstrual Migraine, edited by Dr Susan Hutchinson and Dr B. Lee Peterlin. And you may like it after all – if you’re a health professional, like [...]
Menstrual Migraine is usually split into two categories. First, True Menstrual Migraine which, at least 90% of the time, hits during your period. Second, Menstrually Related Migraine (MRM), which can occur other times of the month, but do seem to be related to hormonal changes. Obviously the second category is a lot more vague. Are all [...]
by James on 9 February 2008
Last month a new option was made available to people with migraine in Canada. That option is another triptan drug – frovatriptan succinate, to be exact, or Frova. Frova has had its ups and downs. It has showed some promise particularly for menstrually related migraine. It was heavily promoted (in a round about way) for [...]
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