Welcome to the Migraine Survival blog. As with the rest of www.migrainesurvival.com, the purpose of the blog is to keep you informed about all aspects of migraine and ot more ...

When Will There Be a Generic Zomig Equivalent?

Impax Laboratories reported yesterday that it had acquired US rights to Zomig from AstraZeneca PLC. The patent on Zomig does not expire until November of 2012 more ...

If you have heart disease, your options for migraine treatment are limited. Triptan medications should be avoided. This is because triptans can decrease the diameter of blood vessels which, if already narrowed by he more ...

Novartis has announced the recall of several over-the-counter medications because of a quality issue. Some of the bottles may contain broken tablets, or a mixture of tablets, caplets, and gelcaps. There is also the possibility that other medicatio more ...

While many IBS patients know that there are certain trigger foods that bring on their symptoms, there has never been a specific IBS diet. However, recent research suggests that there may be foods to avoid that can d more ...

If you have the opportunity to see Lily's Mom, do so. This movie is about a woman, Mary, from a dysfunctional family who is in a bad marriage, and who has frequent headaches. She is in danger of losing her job becau more ...

Uncorrected Vision Problems and Headache

Guest post by Dr. Ingo Anderle, ophthalmic optician

There is a correlation between he more ...

Migraine and Obesity Related

It has been well-established that there is a connection between obesity and migraine headaches. The number of headaches a month is higher in the overweight, and even higher i more ...

In a small study of children with migraine (109 children six and over) the presen more ...

Can Licorice Cause a Headache?

Apparently, it can, although that headache may not necessarily be a garden variety migraine.

Some licorice, especially many va more ...

Emerging Migraine Therapies: Could These Work For You?

There are two new potential migraine therapies in the wings, one for chr more ...

Pain Medication Propoxyphene Withdrawn

If you use or have used propoxyphene, which is contained in Darvon compound and Darvocet N, this medication will no longer be a more ...

Botox Gets US FDA Approval for Chronic Migraine

Earlier this month, the more ...

Chronic Headache and Migraine - What's your childhood got to do with it?

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Do you ever delay treating your migraines?

It's a fairly common thing to do. You think to yourself, this one won't be all that b more ...

First genetic key to migraine without aura

Research recently reported by the more ...

Please view this excellent Migraine Art Video, which was put together by James at more ...

Botox receives approval for chronic migraine

Today, 9 July, the British Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory more ...

Pirates wore eyepatches not because they had all lost an eye. They did so as a defensive mechanism. When you are in a bright environment and go suddenly into the dark, it takes a while to be able to see. Pirates wou more ...

Acquired Head Injuries an Increasing Source of Headache?

The Centers for Disease Control have recently released updated more ...

The question of whether a headache is a migraine may seem obvious if you are an experienced migraine sufferer, but not everyone knows this stuff inside out. There is still confusion out there, and it’s always more ...

Longer-Term Exposure to World Trade Center Dust May Be Headache Risk

Research recently released by the more ...

Cocoa and Blood Pressure?

Ten blood pressure studies were compared; five of tea intake and five of cocoa intake. In the cocoa studies, 64% of the subjects were men an more ...

Chocolate gets a lot of bad press as a headache trigger. Is it really as bad as it’s made out to be? Actually, it's not. 

A 1995 study foun more ...

If you have a child with migraine headaches, you know how alarming it can be to have a child with aura symptom more ...

Feb.23-7, 2009  The Second annual Headache on the Hill event occurred and was deemed successful.  Thirty-five headache specialists, researchers, and headache bloggers met to ask Congress for additional NIH more ...

Are Newly Announced Treatments for Menstrual Migraine Really New?

I have seen a number of blog posts and t more ...