Headache and Migraine

Allison Verhaak, PhD, a clinical psychologist from Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford Healthcare Headache Center, discussed focus group and survey data on themes in migraine-related stigma, and the importance of creating a migraine specific stigma scale.

A retrospective cohort study observed no significant difference in the number of patients who discontinued concurrent peripheral nerve blocks and onabotulinumtoxinA, which the authors recognized as a marker of clinical relevance.

Demographic factors of male sex, non-White race, and having a primary language other than English were associated with a lower odds of being diagnosed with migraine.

Patients on candesartan saw statistically significant reductions in the mean frequency of monthly headache days, including moderate to severe headache days.

When comparing galcanezumab, fremanezumab, and erenumab, 3 FDA-approved CGRP medications for preventive migraine, time to switch was lowest for erenumab and similar for galcanezumab and fremanezumab.

Investigators concluded that the increased prevalence of medication-overuse headache might be because of the lack of understanding about the condition in both providers and patients with migraine.

The chief of headache at UT Austin Dell Children’s Hospital provided insight on a new series designed to deliver longitudinal comprehensive pediatric headache education. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Findings from a subgroup analysis investigating kinetic oscillation stimulation showed that the treatment potential might be an effective and safe option for preventing chronic migraine.

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On multiple phase 3 trials, treatment with STS101 resulted in numerical differences on primary outcome measures of pain freedom and freedom from the most bothersome symptoms.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending May 26, 2023.

Females with episodic migraine had higher interictal CGRP concentrations in plasma and the tear fluid during menstruation than females without migraine.

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To date, in the largest series of patients treated with lacosamide after first-line treatment failure, pain relief was achieved in 66% of patients, with a relatively low proportion of mild adverse events.

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The neurology PGY-3 at Mayo Clinic in Arizona talked about findings from a retrospective cohort study that examined blood pressure in patients who were prescribed a migraine medication. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]