Tag Archives: Migraine

Headache Frequency, Medication Overuse, and Depression Linked to Migraine – Neurology Advisor

February 01, 2019 Share this content: Participants who reported chronic headaches were found likely to develop migraines. Increased headache day frequency, acute medication overuse and/or high-frequency use, and depression were the most strongly identified risk factors identified for the new onset of chronic migraine (CM)/transformed migraine (TM), chronic daily headache (CDH), or related chronic headache… Read More »

Exclusive: CVS to cover migraine drugs from Teva, Lilly; excludes Amgen

NEW YORK (Reuters) – CVS Health Corp, a top U.S. manager of pharmacy benefits, has added new migraine drugs from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Eli Lilly and Co to its list of covered drugs, excluding a rival treatment from Amgen Inc, a CVS spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. FILE PHOTO – A CVS Pharmacy store… Read More »

Are Complementary Medications Safe for Treating Headache or Migraine During Pregnancy? – Neurology Advisor

December 20, 2018 Share this content: Women with headache or migraine during pregnancy had worse health-related quality of life. Results from a recent retrospective observational study published in Complementary Therapies in Medicine highlighted the effect of headache or migraine on quality of life among pregnant women, their use of both conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine… Read More »

So THAT'S The Difference Between A Migraine And A Headache – Women's Health

Headaches are the most common form of pain, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pretty much every person has experienced a headache at some point in their life, and at least half of all adults have had a headache in the past year, per stats from the World Health Organization. Migraines, on the… Read More »