Medication Overuse in Headache

Medication Overuse in Headache Frequent use of painkillers or acute symptomatic medication for headaches (including paracetamol, triptans, combination products, and NSAID’s) leads to medication overuse (MO). The key factor for defining medication overuse is the number of days per month that acute medication is taken for headache. It does not Read more…

Cervicogenic migraine

I saw this article recently which talked about neck pain and migraine in relatively simple terms. I thought it highlighted the differences between 1) neck pain associated with migraine and 2) neck pain which precipitated by a migraine. It has a good section on treatment of cervicogenic migraine https://migraineagain.com/understanding-cervicogenic-headache/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Weekly_Newsletter&utm_content=2020-05-24 Please Read more…

Research

I have a keen interest in research. There are new medications for migraine called CGRPs’ but to date they are nor available in Ireland except through limited access programes in hospitals