The Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is launching the Migraine Trail to raise awareness of the condition during Migraine Awareness Week from 2-8 September 2007. One in eight people suffer from migraines
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TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPTX) announced that it has initiated a Phase I multiple dose clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of tezampanel given as a subcutaneous injection to healthy male and female volunteers once-daily for four consecutive days. [click link for full article]
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A new guideline to improve the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) (CFS/ME) in adults and children was launched yesterday 22 August. CFS/ME is a relatively common illness, affecting an estimated 193,000 people. The condition can be disabling, involving a complex range of symptoms, the most common being fatigue, but including headaches
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Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to market Propranolol Hydrochloride extended-release capsules. Distribution of the product will commence immediately. [click link for full article]
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A drug increasingly used to prevent cluster headaches
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that cause pain and suffering. Menstruation is a natural phenomenon of changing hormones and emotions that occur cyclically for women who reach menarche in their youth and ends when women enter their later years with menopause.
60% of women who experience migraines find that they are associated with menstruation. And women are three times more likely to experience migraines than men. New studies are proving the correlation of hormone release and the increase of migraine headaches
Types of Migraine Headaches
Women are more likely to experience longer duration migraines not necessarily associated with menstruation. Migraines with auras are more severe. Many people seek help from a physician when experiencing migraines with auras. The most common auras are visual and can be bright colors surrounding the outer visual field and are less intense and shorter lasting than headaches without auras.
Hormones and Migraines
From aura or non-aura producing, the neurological effects of migraines in females may be caused by the two female ovaries release of the hormones estrogen and progesterone during menstruation. It is a result of a monthly cycle in response to the brains hormones. Ovarian hormones circulate the female body through the blood stream and can enter the brain through a physical component known as the blood brain barrier and are where the migraine takes place in the central nervous system and areas surrounding the brain. continue…
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Migraine sufferers report worse health-related quality of life than the general population and have similar health status scores as people with debilitating chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and heart disease. A recent study, “Migraine frequency and health utilities: findings from a multi-site survey,” published in Value in Health, surveyed 150 migraine patients in the U.S. to study how migraine frequency affects quality of life. [click link for full article]
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A new UK study suggests that at high doses the drug verapamil can cause heart problems. The researchers recommend all patients being treated with the drug for cluster headaches
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Women who have migraine headaches
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A new US study suggests that women who have migraines
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