My last post focused on the migraine abortive medications for kids with migraine. Here I will continue to review medications and strategies for rescue, focusing on analgesia. There are 3 different types of medications that are important in migraine rescue therapy: migraine abortive, analgesia, and adjuncts. Analgesic medications are those used to reduce or eliminate … Continue reading Revisiting migraines part 3: analgesia
Since I am revisiting the topic of caring for kids with migraine, I thought I would jump right into medications next, treatment and then preventive. I am a firm believer in headache healthy lifestyle factors and their important for preventing migraines. I have discussed these quite a bit in the blog. So let’s talk about … Continue reading Revisiting Migraine part 2: abortive medications
I realized today that it has been almost 4 years ago since I started writing regularly on this blog. Many things have changed, including medications, treatments and my knowledge about headaches. In the interim, I even managed to write a practical manual about caring for kids and teens with headaches. Much of the new information … Continue reading Revisiting pediatric migraine, part 1
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