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Recurring migraine attacks can be a sign that you have high blood pressure, also called hypertension, but migraine disease can also put you at a higher risk of developing high blood pressure.
Researchers are working to fully understand the link between high blood pressure and migraine; it’s unclear whether one causes the other, or whether there is another factor that may cause them both.
Whatever the case, it’s important for anyone with high blood pressure to get it under control, and that’s especially true for people with other risk factors for heart disease, including migraine.
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Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households includes someone with migraine.
12% of the population – including children – suffers from migraine.
18% of American women, 6% of men, and 10% of children experience migraines.
Migraine is most common between the ages of 18 and 44.
Migraine tends to run in families. About 90% of migraine sufferers have a family history of migraine. Migraine is the 6th most disabling illness in the world.
Every 10 seconds, someone in the U.S. goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain, and approximately 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.
While most sufferers experience attacks once or twice a month, more than 4 million people have chronic migraine, with at least 15 migraine days per month.
LEWISTON Every three months, Michael Hanson heads to the hospital for the latest rounds of Botox injections.
Over the course of 10 minutes, he sits and endures shots in 31 key areas around his head and neck.
Migraine medications
Lewiston neurologist Carl Robinson breaks down the current state of migraine treatments:
Abortive medications: Meds taken as needed to halt a migraine headache that has already started. The standard medication in this category are the triptans. Triptan medications typically are named accordingly: Sumatriptan, rizatriptan, zolmitriptan, etc. This class of drugs has been around many years and began with sumatriptan, known commercially as Imatrex.
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Being up front with your doctor about how migraine is affecting you is an important step toward finding effective treatment.
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If you have migraine and you’re running out of acute medication every month, or if you’re counting or rationing pills, that may be a sign that you’re developing chronic migraine, according to Carrie O. Dougherty, MD, an attending physician at the Headache Center and an assistant professor of neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Dougherty was one of 32 migraine experts featured at the sixth annual Migraine World Summit, held March 17 through 25, 2021. Her presentation on the latest strategies for chronic migraine control offered insights into treating the disease, as well as tips on how to improve overall quality of life while living with chronic migraine.
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