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What Do Medical Practitioners Do For Migraines?
"We have really great Migraine-specific medications available, and they're not being prescribed to people who could benefit from them… Often, physicians prescribe nonspecific medications because medications such as Fiorinal and Fioricet may help take the edge off Migraine or tension-type headache; but what we have to realize is that the right thing is for the sufferer to have a specific diagnosis and choose treatment appropriate to the diagnosis.”
Dr. Richard B. Lipton
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