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Psychiatric Medicine For Migraines
Treatment Approaches
Migraine treatment involves both treating acute attacks when they occur and developing preventive strategies for reducing the frequency and severity of attacks.
Treating Migraine Attacks
Many effective headache remedies are available for treating a migraine attack. Still, many patients are treated with unapproved drugs, including opoids and barbiturates that can be potentially addictive or dangerous.
The main types of medications for treating a migraine attack are:
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It’s 5:00 PM, and the APA annual meeting in Toronto is winding down, and so am I. I’ve been up since 5:30 AM. No dinner symposiums... Read more »
Psychiatric Research: Thoughts and Frustrations
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Safety of migraine medicines mixed with SSRIs?
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Migraine and Headache Patients: Talk About Difficulties Accessing...
Migraine specialist and researcher Dr. Elizabeth Loder has brought it to my attention that we have an opportunity to offer feedback that... Read more »
New Resource on Migraine Research Foundation's Website
The Migraine Research Foundation has added a great new resource for Migraine sufferers on our website - a new and improved list of doctors... Read more »
From Our Sources
Expert: New psychiatric drugs have no 'track record'
Dr. Richard A. Friedman talks about the tendency for patients with psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder to be prescribed the newest... Read more »
Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Treatment o...
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Migraine Headache
There are no studies to prove the efficacy or safety of most alternative therapies. It is important that migraineurs notify their health care... Read more »
New migraine medicine advances in clinical trials
Drugmaker ProEthic Pharmaceuticals says that its new fast-acting migraine medicine continues to show promise in clinical trials. The drug, currently... Read more »
Migraines sometimes need less medicine, experts say
Doctors say that some migraine treatments can cause people to have more headaches. A reporter interviews doctors about various migraine treatments,... Read more »
Meet Dr. Seth Haplea, Migraine Expert
Seth Haplea, M.D., graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1993. He completed his medical internship and neurology residency at the... Read more »
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