How can migraine attacks be treated during pregnancy? Mild migraine attacks during pregnancy should be treated non-medicinally through minimizing stimuli, rest, relaxation, and ice packs. Metoclopramide can be used throughout pregnancy to treat nausea and vomiting [...]
Migraine: What forms does it take? How common is it? What causes migraines? How are attacks treated with medication? What is the practical application of acute medication? What new medications are available for [...]
Berlin, August 19, 2020. More than one in eight young people in Germany (12.8 percent) suffer from medically diagnosed headaches – 15 percent of girls and almost 11 percent of boys. This is one of the findings of the headache report, which [...]
Approximately 30% of pregnant women take the pain reliever ibuprofen during the first three months of pregnancy. Ibuprofen works by inhibiting prostaglandin synthesis. It has long been known that this can impair pregnancy and/or embryo-fetal development [...]
In a recent article in the journal Health Economics & Quality Management, a team of headache experts and health economists analyzes the potential economic benefits of self-medication for statutory health insurance in Germany, using migraine and [...] as examples
3sat nano: Video report on the topic. You might also be interested in: Paracetamol: Current warning against taking it during pregnancy. Paracetamol, pregnancy, ADHD, developmental disorders. Hamburg (October 2014). The over-the-counter drug paracetamol is considered a remedy for [...]
Nausea and vomiting are among the characteristic accompanying symptoms of migraine. Studies show that the absorption of analgesics is delayed during migraine attacks. This is thought to be caused by impaired gastric peristalsis during a migraine attack. From this derives the rationale [...]
The DGS Practice Guidelines are a project of the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS) and the German Pain League (DSL). Their purpose is to develop comprehensive research and analysis of available scientific data, as well as [...]
By far the most common cause of migraine occurring on 15 or more days per month, or of a mixed picture of migraine and tension-type headaches with 15 or more headache days per month, is [...]
Approximately 50% of patients with more than 15 headache days per month for at least 3 months have, in addition to their original primary headache disorder, medication overuse headache as a contributing factor to the increasing frequency of headache days per month [...]
“Stop the Headache” uses modern psychological methods and, under the guidance of experienced instructors, helps to reduce or alleviate chronic tension headaches and/or migraines in children and adolescents between eight and fourteen years of age
The question of whether botulinum toxin can also be used in cases of existing medication overuse headache (MOH) is causing confusion. The background and our conclusions from the Kiel Pain Clinic for practical application will therefore be explained below. [...]
September 5th, 2012 is International Headache Day. On this occasion, we remind you of the most important rule for the medication-based treatment of headaches, the "10-20 rule". The overuse of painkillers for headaches [...]
Acetylsalicylic acid should not be taken during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy unless medically necessary. This is due to the increased risk of miscarriage and birth defects. New studies now show that even [...]
An increase and intensification of headaches due to overuse of painkillers or triptans must always be suspected when acute medication is required on more than ten days per month, regardless of the dose [...]
Self-medication of migraine attacks with over-the-counter triptans: Since April 2006, naratriptan (Formigran® 2.5 mg) has been available without a prescription in pharmacies in small packs of 2 tablets. Formigran® contains the same active ingredient as the still available [...]
