Triptans are a group of drugs targeted at alleviating the symptoms of migraine, a severe and often debilitating headache disorder that can affect sight and speech.
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Nearly every second person in the world had a headache at least once in the past year. But these can feel very different, depending on which of the nearly 200 types of headache you have.
It has been 12 years since Botox was approved for the treatment of wrinkles. Botulinum toxin, one of the most potent toxins in nature, is also used to treat a number of health problems from neck spasms…
Danish researchers have found that migraine causes structural changes in the brain, resulting in more white matter abnormalities…
If you, or someone close to you suffers from migraine, you’ll know it is much more than your average headache – migraine is a debilitating disorder that can even affect your sight and speech. Migraine…
Researchers have identified four new genes linked to the most common form of migraine, in a discovery that could eventually aid in the development of treatments for the debilitating attacks. A team of…
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