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Sandoz Introduces Treatments for Migraine, Hypertension
Sandoz has begun selling generic versions of GlaxoSmithKlines migraine drug Imitrex and Pfizers Inspra, a treatment for hypertension and heart failure.Sandoz is marketing generic Imitrex (sumatriptan) injectable drug in 6-mg strength as...
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Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 1, 2008
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: If you are a female adult with inoperable metastatic or locally advanced cervical cancer who has not received prior chemotherapy given in the metastatic...
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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Acute Migraine
To participate in this internet activity: (1) review the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures; (2) study the education content; (3) take the post-test and/or complete the evaluation; (4) view/print certificate View...
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Telcagepant Safe, Effective in Migraine Treatment
Results of a randomized trial show that telcagepant, also known as MK-0974, is effective in the treatment of migraine, with efficacy similar to zolmitriptan 5 mg (Zolmig, AstraZeneca) but with fewer adverse effects.The study, presented...
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Investigational Telcagepant Effective in Migraine
NORTH WALES, Pa., Nov.24 -- The investigational migraine medication telcagepant is as effective as a standard therapy and has fewer adverse effects, researchers here said. In an industry-sponsored phase III study, 300 mg of telcagepant...
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Telcagepant Proven as a Safe and Effective Migraine Treatment in Phase III Trial
NEW YORK, Nov.25, 2008-Telcagepant 300 mg is effective as an acute treatment for migraine with efficacy comparable to that of zolmitriptan 5 mg, a widely-used migraine treatment, but with fewer associated adverse effects. These are the...
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Telcagepant Proven As A Safe And Effective Migraine Treatment In Phase III Trial
Telcagepant 300 mg is effective as an acute treatment for migraine with efficacy comparable to that of zolmitriptan 5 mg, a widely-used migraine treatment, but with fewer associated adverse effects.These are the conclusions of an Article...
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New Migraine Drug Shows Promise
MONDAY, Nov.24 (HealthDay News) -- A drug called telcagepant proved safe and effective in treating migraines and caused fewer side effects than the widely-used migraine drug zolmitriptan (Zomig), according to a study conducted by drug...
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Migraine treatment
Dr Tony W Ho MD a , Prof Michel D Ferrari MD b, Prof David W Dodick MD c, Vince Galet PhD a, James Kost PhD a, Xiaoyin Fan PhD a, Heather Leibensperger BS a, Samar Froman BS a, Christopher Assaid PhD a, Christopher Lines PhD a, Hille Koppen...
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TopAbstracts in Migraine 11/20/2008
TopAbstracts in Migraine are the abstracts most highly rated/most read by nearly 300,000 physicians who received a Doctor's Guide newsletter or visited a website Powered by Doctor's Guide in the past 28 days.Over 2000 peer-reviewed...
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Headache and Migraine - Studies from Leiden University update current data on headache and migraine
'Mammalian circadian rhythms are driven by the circadian pacemaker of the suprachiasmatic (SCN) and are synchronized to the external 24-hour light/dark cycle.After advance time zone transitions (eastbound jet lag), overt circadian rhythms...
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Overuse of Narcotics, Barbiturates May Exacerbate Migraine
-- Medications containing barbiturates or narcotics may have the unintended consequence of increasing the frequency of migraine attacks, according to a study published in a recent issue of the journal, Headache.The study also found that...
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Migraine May Be Associated with Reduced Breast Cancer Risk
SEATTLE, Nov.6 (MedPage Today) -- The same hormonal fluctuations that trigger migraine for many women may protect them against breast cancer, researchers found. Women who suffer from migraine had a 33% lower risk of ductal carcinoma and...
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Migraine's Silver Lining: Lower Risk of Breast Cancer
The first time I experienced migraine with aura, I was shopping.I remember looking up at the fluorescent lighting overhead and wondering where that weird triangle rainbow was coming from. An hour later, I was in tears and curled up in...
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As If a Migraine Wasn't Enough
_ As If a Migraine Wasn't Enough.
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Medications containing barbiturates or narcotics may make migraine worse
A team of researchers led by investigators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has determined that certain commonly-prescribed medications may have the unintended consequence of increasing the frequency of...
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Migraine sufferers at reduced breast cancer risk
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17: 31163122 MedWire News: Women with a history of migraine have a slightly reduced risk for developing breast cancer compared with those who have never experienced the condition, study findings reveal....
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Pozen Sues Par Pharmaceutical Over Migraine ANDA
-- Pozen Inc., a North Carolina-based pharmaceutical company specializing in pain medication, has sued Par Pharmaceutical Inc., for seeking regulatory approval of a generic version of Pozen's patented migraine treatment Treximet.The...
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Study: Migraine cuts breast cancer risk by 30 percent
Study: Migraine cuts breast cancer risk by 30 percent ISLAMABAD: Women who suffer from migraines may take at least some comfort in a recent, first-of-its-kind study that suggests a history of such headaches is associated with a...
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Migraine cancer link
FEMALE migraine sufferers are at a significantly lower risk of breast cancer, a study suggests.Research has shown that women with a history of the severe, recurrent headaches have a 30% lower risk of breast cancer compared to women who do...
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Medicines and Drugs Used in Migraine
Migraines,headaches which involve intense throbbing pain, sometimes accompanied by visual disturbances as well as sensitivity to light and sounds, have been found to respond to a drug hitherto used to treat high blood pressure.Clonidine ...
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Migraine suffers at reduced breast cancer risk
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17: 31163122 MedWire News: Women with a history of migraine have a slightly reduced risk for developing breast cancer compared with those who have never experienced the condition, study findings reveal....
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Treatment of Migraine by Stimulation of Greater Occipital Nerve
Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai recently performed surgery for treatment of migraine by stimulation of the Greater Occipital Nerve (GON).Tilak Lodya has been suffering from migraine from the past 11 years, when he came at the doors of Jaslok...
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Migraine linked to lower risk of breast cancer
-0400 (Reuters Health) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A history of migraine is strongly associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to findings from case-control studies...
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Migraine's silver lining - drop in breast cancer risk
Migraine sufferers who likely have no kind words about the condition may take comfort in news that women who get the extra-strength headaches have a 30-percent lower breast cancer risk, according to a new US study."We found that,...
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