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Migraine Drugs and Dependence: Part 2

Posted in educating others, tagged , , , , , , , on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I promised Parin that I would address this topic again and explain my point a bit clearer. It all comes down to semantics of the words dependence and addiction. I hope that it is sufficient to say that some medical websites use the words interchangeably, referring to the physiological need for a particular drug. For instance, [...]

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Migraine and Drug Dependence

Posted in Treatments, side effects, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »

 

This post is in response to Arabella’s post regarding the difference between medication overuse headache (MOH) and addiction. We are both responding to redOrbit’s article Migraine Meds Can Become Addictive  (BTW, the original AP article is better. Thanks, Parin). What followed was not on addiction, but on medication overuse headaches (MOH) or rebound headaches. These [...]

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Good News/Bad News

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Good News: April 15, 2008 GlaxoSmithKline has received FDA approval for a new drug treatment for acute migraine with and without aura. This “new” drug is a mixed bag. It is called Treximet and is a combination of sumatriptan (Imitrex 85 mg) and 500 mg naproxen sodium. Studies have shown that more migraine sufferers received [...]

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