Headache & Migraine
Literature Review
Updated consensus statement assesses new migraine treatments
The AHS offers a consensus statement, but not everyone agrees.
Conference Coverage
Novel NSAID–triptan drug effectively relieves migraine pain
About 74% of patients who received AXS-07 experienced no progression of pain from 2 to 24 hours.
Migraine Briefs
Restricted dietary acid load may reduce odds of migraine
Migraine Briefs
Migraine linked to increased hypertension risk in menopausal women
Conference Coverage
Women with migraine are ‘high-risk’ patients during pregnancy
Pregnant women with migraine had more diabetes, hypertension, blood clots, more complications during delivery, and more postpartum complications...
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for patients with migraine
The only real clinical concern clinicians may need to consider is the headache differential for women under age 60 who call with a headache a week...
Conference Coverage
BBB integrity linked to cortical spreading depression
A model blood-brain barrier system suggests reorganization of proteins leads to loss of integrity after a simulated CSD event.
Conference Coverage
No increased risk of hypertension with erenumab?
The rate of hypertension adverse events in postmarketing data was 0.144 per 100 person-years.