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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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Migraine and Pregnancy: Fetal Exposure to Valproate

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The topic of migraine treatment and pregnancy has surfaced several times in the past few months. I had always thought I would blog about pregnancy and migraine at some point. I guess now is the time.

Some of the questions about pregnancy or the contemplation of starting a family center around medication. Depakote, or divalproate sodium, [...]

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Vacation and Migraines: An Oxymoron?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I would say that the answer to this question is a wholehearted, NO. And I say it after going to Boston, Chicago, Myrtle Beach, and Raleigh, NC all in the space of 6 weeks. Each trip I learned something new. I have found that stress added to other triggers will put me over the [...]

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