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Doctors Stress Pressing Need For Research Into The Best Treatment For Medication Overuse Headaches

There is a critical need to review current treatment strategies for the increasingly common problem of medication overuse headaches (MOH), according to a series of international papers in the November issue of Cephalalgia. “MOH is associated with severe disability, unmet treatment need and little clinical data to support current management strategies” says neurology expert Professor David W Dodick from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Arizona, USA.

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Migraine Action Plan Could Help Millions Of Sufferers Find A Positive Way Out Of Migraine

Migraines can be a debilitating condition and affect around 15% of the UK population, over 70% of whom are women. Recent research undertaken by Imigran Recovery reveals that over 81% of migraine sufferers cannot always control their migraine attacks while 71% say migraines leave them unable to function. For the 81% who are unable to control their migraines, a new interactive tool www.migraineactionplan.co.uk has been developed.

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Targeting Neuropeptides Could Be Future For Migraine Treatment

Targeting a system which utilises peptides in the brain during a migraine could be the future of treatment for this debilitating condition. The future and recent developments in the field of migraine are discussed in a Comment in this week’s edition of The Lancet, written by Dr Stephen D Silberstein, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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