Show 1133: How Can You Overcome Migraine Headaches?
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Nearly 40 million Americans know the nausea and throbbing pain of migraine headaches. This debilitating condition that can create one-sided head pain may make it difficult or impossible to carry on with work or everyday tasks.
How Can You Prevent Migraine Headaches?
There are drugs that can be used to treat migraine headaches, but the FDA recently approved the first drug specifically to prevent them. What should you know about Aimovig, the brand name for erenumab? How does it work? We’ll also discuss price and whether insurance companies are likely to pay for it.
What Should You Know About Migraine Headaches?
Our guest expert describes the range of symptoms that can accompany migraine headaches. Find out about triggers such as chocolate or a change in the weather.
Medications for Migraines:
What are the medications used to treat migraines? We discuss their effectiveness and the limits on how often they can be used. What else can you do to prevent the onset of a migraine?
Treating Cluster Headaches:
In addition, we discuss another variety of excruciating headache called a cluster headache. How do these differ from migraine headaches and what is the best way to treat them?
This Week’s Guest:
Jennifer S. Kriegler, MD, is director of the Headache Medicine Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. She is part of the Center for Neurological Restoration and the Headache Section of the Neurological Institute in the Department of Neurology of the Cleveland Clinic.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Terry Grayden and I'm Joe Grayden. Welcome to the People's Pharmacy |
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| 0:30.4 | Find out more at gaugeage Your Brain.com. |
| 0:34.0 | Have you ever had a really bad headache? |
| 0:37.0 | One in seven Americans suffers from migraines. |
| 0:40.0 | Is there anything new to prevent this pain? |
| 0:42.0 | This is the People's Pharmacy with terror. Is there anything new to prevent this pain? |
| 0:42.8 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. |
| 0:46.7 | The FDA recently approved the first drugs specifically designed to prevent migraines. |
| 0:59.0 | It works differently from all other migraine medicine. |
| 1:02.0 | What should you know about it? |
| 1:04.0 | How well does it work and what are the side effects? |
| 1:06.8 | What else might you do to avoid a migraine at times? |
| 1:10.1 | Does weather affect migraines? |
| 1:12.0 | What about food? |
| 1:13.1 | Are there things you should avoid? |
| 1:15.1 | We'll also learn how to manage menstrual |
| 1:17.2 | migraines and cluster headaches, |
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