Supplementary treatment of migraines Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractMedications 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.

authors

• Upton, Adrian Richard Mainw
• Clarke, Beverley M

status

• published 

publication date

• November 2007

has subject area

• 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FoR)
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy (Science Metrix)

published in

• Drug Development Research  Journal

keywords

• Chemistry, Medicinal
• HEADACHE
• Life Sciences & Biomedicine
• NEUROSTIMULATION
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy
• Science & Technology
• acupuncture
• migraine
• occipital nerve stimulation
• transcutaneous magnetic stimulation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/ddr.20211

start page

• 428

end page

• 431

volume

• 68

issue

• 7