http://healthnhealth.net Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:31:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-prevention-of-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-prevention-of-migraine/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:06:09 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=184 FDA has approved propranolol, timolol, sodium valproate, and topiramate for prophylactic treatment of migraine. Methysergide is also approved by FDA for prophylaxis of migraine, but not available in the United States. There are also many more drugs which shows efficacy in prevention of migraine but not approved by FDA for prophylaxis of migraine.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-prevention-of-migraine/feed/ 1 http://healthnhealth.net/prevention-of-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/prevention-of-migraine/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 11:29:04 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=175 The right candidates for prophylaxis of migraine are patients with high frequency of migraine headache or if frequency is increasing, if patient is not responding adequately to abortive treatments or if patients are not responding to abortive treatments of migraine are good candidates for prophylaxis treatment of migraine. Clinicians/doctors generally give prophylactic medication for migraine if a patient is getting 5 or more attacks of migraine headache per month. This is a rough guideline, but migraine patients may require prophylaxis with lesser number of acute attacks per month, especially if the attacks are severe.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/prevention-of-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/complications-in-migraine-treatment/ http://healthnhealth.net/complications-in-migraine-treatment/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:41:47 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=168 What to do if there is recurrence of migraine headache even after treating the patient adequately? ]]> http://healthnhealth.net/complications-in-migraine-treatment/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/rapidly-developing-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/rapidly-developing-migraine/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:41:47 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=166 http://healthnhealth.net/rapidly-developing-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-if-nausea-vomiting-occurs-in-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-if-nausea-vomiting-occurs-in-migraine/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:16:54 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=162 The early nausea or early vomiting may be due to the drugs used (as many orally used drugs can cause nausea and/or vomiting as their side effects) for management of migraine. The early nausea and vomiting may not be related to the drugs administered for management of migraine. Nausea and vomiting are also common symptoms of migraine headache. Nausea is a very common side effect of migraine and it occurs in approximately 87% of the patients with migraine. Vomiting is also a common symptom of migraine (vomiting occurs in approximately 56% of patients with migraine), although it is not as common as that of nausea.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-if-nausea-vomiting-occurs-in-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-in-menstrual-cycle-related-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-in-menstrual-cycle-related-migraine/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:37:13 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=157 The migraine headache that occurs in relation to menstrual cycles can be managed in two ways, the first and preferred way is to give preventive treatment and the other option is to treat the symptoms as and when the symptoms of migraine headache appear.]]> http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-in-menstrual-cycle-related-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-if-nsaidsanalgesics-fail-in-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-if-nsaidsanalgesics-fail-in-migraine-management/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:04 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=125 What to do if common analgesics and commonly used non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs fails in managing migraine? In mild to moderate migraine attacks, generally NSAIDs/analgesics are used as first line of management. If commonly used non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs and analgesics like aspirin or paracetamol fails, than there are a few treatment/management options available to a patient with migraine headache and the options are given here: ]]> http://healthnhealth.net/what-to-do-if-nsaidsanalgesics-fail-in-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-nsaids-in-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-nsaids-in-migraine-management/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:45:49 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=86 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-nsaids-in-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-other-drugs-in-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-other-drugs-in-migraine-management/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:29:51 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=84 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-other-drugs-in-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-dopamine-antagonists-in-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-dopamine-antagonists-in-migraine-management/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:31:55 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=82 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-dopamine-antagonists-in-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-nasal-parenteral-5-ht1-agonists-in-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-nasal-parenteral-5-ht1-agonists-in-migraine-management/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:09:28 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=76 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-nasal-parenteral-5-ht1-agonists-in-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-oral-5-ht1-agonists-in-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-oral-5-ht1-agonists-in-migraine-management/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:35:09 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=69 http://healthnhealth.net/role-of-oral-5-ht1-agonists-in-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/management-of-acute-migraine-attacks/ http://healthnhealth.net/management-of-acute-migraine-attacks/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:48:37 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=67 http://healthnhealth.net/management-of-acute-migraine-attacks/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-migraine/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:48:45 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/drugs-used-in-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/non-drug-management-of-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/non-drug-management-of-migraine/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:32:48 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=64 http://healthnhealth.net/non-drug-management-of-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/general-principles-of-migraine-management/ http://healthnhealth.net/general-principles-of-migraine-management/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:17:30 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=62 http://healthnhealth.net/general-principles-of-migraine-management/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/how-to-asses-severity-of-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/how-to-asses-severity-of-migraine/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:14:37 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=58 http://healthnhealth.net/how-to-asses-severity-of-migraine/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/how-migraine-is-diagnosed/ http://healthnhealth.net/how-migraine-is-diagnosed/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:15:02 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=52 http://healthnhealth.net/how-migraine-is-diagnosed/feed/ 0 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-migraine/ http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-migraine/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:20 +0000 admin http://healthnhealth.net/?p=39 http://healthnhealth.net/know-about-migraine/feed/ 0