Primary preventive measures to reduce migraine, such as the healthy headache lifestyle, are key to keeping migraine frequency to a minimum. But even though your patient is really working hard with the multidisciplinary approach, your patient is still having frequent migraines which significantly impact their functioning. When do you consider adding a daily medication to … Continue reading Revisiting migraine: supplements
In this case study we’ll look at a fairly straightforward patient, with some twists and turns and decision points along the way. Case Study: Patty is currently an 18 year-old teenage girl with a history of migraine headaches since age 9. You have been seeing her for years, and this is her story. At the … Continue reading Migraine case study, part 3
So we have talked about lifestyle habits to prevent migraines, all the things your patient can do to prevent migraines. But your patient is still having frequent migraines or the migraines are significantly impacting the patient’s functioning. When do you consider adding a daily medication to prevent migraines? The mark I use for deciding when … Continue reading Daily medications for migraine, part 1
There are 3 groups of medications that are used to treat a migraine attack: migraine abortives, analgesia, and adjuncts. We have covered the migraine abortives (those medications specifically designed to stop the migraine attack) and analgesia (used to reduce pain) in the past 2 posts. There are several medications that are used either in combination … Continue reading Migraine medications to the rescue…..adjunct and combination therapies
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