Headache and Migraine

Which medications are most effective for acute migraine management? A recent study assessed which ones appeared to work best based on reported patient experience.

Common triggers, such as stress, travel, and disrupted routines, can impact patients with migraine this holiday season. Practical strategies and short-term preventive measures to help, here.

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Among study participants with migraine, investigators observed consistent and persistent device efficacy for pain relief, pain freedom, and functional disability freedom.

Ubrogepant 100 mg taken during the migraine prodrome significantly reduced onset of moderate or severe headache for 24 hours after study-drug dose.

Cluster headache is rare and can be disabling. It can be misdiagnosed, particularly as migraine, but treatments are very different. Learn more in a short slide show.

Which antihypertensive therapy options are most and least effective for patients with migraine? Get details, here.

Get details on which migraine treatments are the better option for women who are breastfeeding, and on ones to advise them to avoid.

An overview of safe treatment options for migraine attacks that may occur during pregnancy for primary care clinicians, here.

Ailiani, director of MedStar Georgetown Headache Center, focuses on optimizing treatment with CGRP inhibitors and where research on PACAP-targeting agents stands now.

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In episodic migraine, both traditional oral OTC medications and newly approved classes led to significantly better improvements in pain compared with placebo.

Fatigue was positively correlated with frequency, duration, severity and chronicity of migraine episodes and more common among chronic migraineurs, a new study reveals.

The device from Nexalin Technology outperformed placebo on key measures of pain relief, sleep quality, anxiety, and quality of life.

An overview of oral preventive medication options for migraine for primary care clinicians, here.

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The oral gepant reduced monthly migraine days as well as mean monthly use of migraine rescue medication.

Is BMI or body fat a better estimate of obesity?; spoiler: older women do drink ETOH; USPSTF vs ACC/AHA; plus no more opioids for LBP and a primer on migraine meds.

An overview of common headache conditions and treatments for primary care clinicians, here.

Menstrual migraine is often described as more disabling than non-menstrual migraine. Get an overview and test your knowledge, here.

The role of the trigeminal nerve and its connection to the brainstem has led to a greater understanding of where migraine pain originates. Expert explains, here.

Migraine disproportionately affects women, a disparity typically ascribed to hormonal differences. A new study takes a new look at the issue.

Cluster headache and migraine are described as "highly circadian at multiple levels," suggesting hypothalamus involvement and potential for new treatments, study authors say.

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Among women with prepregnancy migraine diagnosis, rates of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia were 28% and 40% higher, respectively, vs women without migraine.

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In a study of 874 adults, more women were diagnosed with chronic cluster headache and experienced longer attacks compared with men.

Headache is a common complaint in primary care--and sometimes it presents full-blown. You can rescue the patient in distress by keeping 5 common injectables on hand. 

Episodic or chronic? Distinguishing between the 2 types of migraine is essential to ensure optimal treatment. Meet Abigail and Martin. Who has which headache?  

Individuals with migraine were found more likely to have IBS and IBS was more prevalent in those with migraine; both associations were statistically significant.