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Migraine Attacks Can be Prevented with High Blood Pressure Drug Candesartan - 0 views

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shared by Mars Base on 16 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Researchers say that the drug Candesartan may be prescribed for those who get no relief from propranolol.
  • researchers
  • have found that the drug Candesartan is as effective in combating migraines as the commonly prescribed drug propranolol for the malady.
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  • This finding is a follow up of a ten-year study from NTNU
  • Though the drug Candesartan is used by several doctors to treat migraine, this study proves the effectiveness of the drug in treating migraine
  • confirmed based on triple a blind test where the doctors, patients and even the researchers were unaware whether the patient was given a placebo or the real drug.
  • The study had 72 participants, who suffered migraine attacks atleast twice every month
  • The patients were given placebo, 16 mg of candesartan or 160 mg of propranolol for 12 weeks each and were given a break of 4 weeks without the medicines before the start of the drug and in between too.
  • more than 20 percent of those suffering with migraine attacks felt better even when they were given a placebo.
  • the blind test revealed that the candesartan works preventively for more 20-30 percent migraine patients
  • The study confirmed that 16 mg of candesartan was as effective as 160 mg of propranolol in treating migraine attacks.
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Newsflash: Lightning May Cause Headaches - News Watch - 0 views

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shared by Mars Base on 13 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • The study found a shocking 31 percent increase of the risk of headache and a 28 percent increased risk of migraine for chronic headache sufferers on days that lightning struck within 25 miles (40 kilometers) of their homes
  • Furthermore, new-onset headaches and migraines increased by 24 percent and 23 percent, respectively
  • new study is the first to show a correlation between lightning and associated weather phenomena and the squalls in our heads
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  • results “suggest that lightning has its own unique effect on headache
  • how exactly lightning might trigger headaches
  • there are a number of possible explanations
  • Electromagnetic waves emitted from lightning could trigger headaches
  • lightning produces increases in air pollutants like ozone, and can cause release of fungal spores that might lead to migraine
  • while the study sheds light on the apparent link between lightning and headaches, “the exact mechanisms through which lightning and/or its associated meteorologic factors trigger headache are unknown
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Headache Tree Is A Pain In The Brain - Science News - 0 views

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shared by Mars Base on 04 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • One whiff of a plant known as the headache tree can spur intense, excruciating pain — and now scientists know why
  • An ingredient in the tree sets off a chain of events that eventually amps up blood flow to the brain’s outer membrane.
  • Other headache triggers
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  • interact with some of the same cellular machinery, suggesting they all work via the same pain-inducing mechanism
  • an international group of researchers extracted the plant compound umbellulone from dried bay laurel leaves
  • Umbellulone tickles the same cellular detector that responds to painfully cold stimuli and the sinus-clearing scent of wasabi and mustard oil
  • triggers the release of a particular protein implicated in migraine headaches
  • This protein prompts blood vessels to swell
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