Migraine is a type of vascular headache caused by the blood vessels dilating and constricting in the head. When the blood vessels dilate, they cause severe pain and during pregnancy, the blood volume increases and hence the migraine headache attacks. The general symptoms of migraine during pregnancy are the same as for other migraines like, [...]
Drugs For Migraine Treatment
Anti-Serotonin Drugs
Cyproheptadine (Periactin, Perhetine)
This drug blocks the receptors for the neurochemical serotonin in the brain and prevents dilatation of the blood vessels which cause a headache - most important factors in preventing migraine. It also has antihistamine and anti-acetylcholine effects. Its efficacy is low. [...]
Most people with migraine attacks learn that they have more success if they treat their attacks early rather than delaying medication until two or more hours have passed. They find there is a window of opportunity during which they can resolve their headaches completely, but if they wait too long, then in most cases the [...]
Caffeine was formally identified as a possible migraine trigger in a study published in the well respected Lancet in 1979. Since then a variety of theories about caffeine and other substances found in caffeine containing products have been explored.
As is frequently the case with food intolerances, one person will not react to a specific [...]
A very unique head pain, headache migraines are the utmost and quite unique in comparison to a common headache. Most common headaches are straightforwardly treatable and explainable. In comparison to the common headache however, migraines are the outcome of stress in the muscles on the back of the neck and head which are the consequence [...]