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Supplementary treatment of migraines
Author(s) -
Upton Adrian R.M.,
Clarke Beverley M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
drug development research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1098-2299
pISSN - 0272-4391
DOI - 10.1002/ddr.20211
Subject(s) - migraine , aura , transcranial magnetic stimulation , medicine , occipital nerve stimulation , anesthesia , stimulation , migraine with aura , acupuncture , pathology , alternative medicine
Medications are the current standard treatment of migraine headache, but a number of physical therapies show promising results, including acupuncture, occipital nerve stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Occipital nerve stimulation may control headache in 70–75% of cases, but the procedure requires subcutaneous electrodes. TMS is noninvasive and is well tolerated, with success rates of 69–87%. Development of portable small TMS devices should shorten the time to treatment and improve efficacy. Migraine can be controlled at the stage of aura. Drug Dev Res 68:428–431, 2007. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.