, introduced in the early Nineties, to botulinum toxin-containing injections and the electric forehead stimulator (see below) appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) last week.Given how debilitating migraines can be, it has always surprised me that there aren't more people seeking medical help. Most will not need any of the fancy new treatments, but because so many self-medicate with over-the- counter medication they are often missing out){kind=link}
A third of women and one in eight men in the UK will experience migraines at some stage of their lives, and about 200,000 people will have one today. The range of treatments available has expanded significantly during my career, the novel approaches ranging from the triptan family of drugs (such as sumatriptan), introduced in the early Nineties, to botulinum toxin-containing injections and the electric forehead stimulator (see below) appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) last week.
Given how debilitating migraines can be, it has always surprised me that there aren’t more people seeking medical help. Most will not need any of the fancy new treatments, but because so many self-medicate with over-the- counter medication they are often missing out
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