One of those involved in the rimegepant trials, Darlene LeBlanc, 63, describes how the drug was the first treatment she’d tried in over 40 years that worked well for her debilitating symptoms For almost three decades, Jennifer Farrington’s life had been dominated by migraines so bad that the GP had to go on sick leave … Read more
JO ELVIN: Five years ago, I started adding a teaspoon of flavourless, powdered magnesium to a glass of water an hour before bed, and drinking it and within three months I had fewer migraines.
The DIY jab that stops migraines before they start and could save 10,000 patients repeated hospital visits Previously anti-migraine medicine had to be injected by a doctor or a nurse This new development allows patients to self-administer the treatment A special home use injection pen device patients to administer the drug ahead of a migraine … Read more
The ‘Epipen’ that stops migraines before they start and could save 10,000 patients repeated hospital visits Previously anti-migraine medicine had to be injected by a doctor or a nurse This new development allows patients to self-administer the treatment A special epi-pen allows patients to administer the drug ahead of a migraine Ted Rowntree, 26, who … Read more
The feeling is ‘as if your head is shut in a vice, with hundreds of worms crawling around inside your skull’, says migraine sufferer Donna Cox, describing her attacks. ‘It’s like your whole brain is on the move and all the time there is this utterly unbearable pain,’ adds the 57-year-old, who lives in Grimsby, … Read more
Acupuncture is up to four times better at easing migraines than drugs, new study suggests Patients given acupuncture suffer two fewer migraines a month, study finds Dr Heather Angus-Leppan says it is ‘an acceptable evidence – based treatment’ Study used acupuncture along with ‘sham’ test and usual migraine treatments By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:40 … Read more