We also hypothesize that migraine may be attributable to a reactivation of a latent HSV residing within the trigeminal ganglion. The authors She was a healthy 21-year-old white college student who woke up one morning to a “scintillating scotoma”, a visual...
“For now, they (the new drugs) look fantastic. They shake the ground under our feet. They will change the way we treat migraine.” Dr. Stewart J. Tepper, a professor of neurology at Dartmouth College In many ways, migraine is in the same basket as fibromyalgia (FM) and...
Hormones? Certainly the nervous system plays a major role in producing pain. The immune system with its inflammatory processes and ability to create sickness behavior is certainly in the discussion, but hormones? Many women are well aware that hormonal fluctuations...
From Dr. Trescott’s lecture given to the Physician Partners of America: “Your Genes, Your Pain Drugs and You Or “Why Every Pain Physician Should be Testing Your Genes” When the patient says, “This doesn’t work,” or, “I’ve been too sensitive,”...
Opioid Painkiller Crackdown The news regarding opioids has been mostly bad for fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients. Restrictions on opioid pain killers could put these medications at risk for FM patients battling one of the most painful...
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