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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.

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