Oral contraceptive drugs and migraine.

Effect of oral contraceptive pills on severity and frequency of migraine headache

Introduction: Migraine is a common neurovascular disorder characterized by severe attacks of headache and autonomic symptoms. The peak of migraine prevalence is child-bearing years in women, the age in which they use oral contraceptive pills (OCP). The effect of OCPs on migraine headache course is mentioned different in various studies, hence this survey was conducted to evaluate the effect o...

Antiepileptic Drugs and Migraine

Migraine and Oral Contraception

Between 15% and 17% of Canadian women are afflicted with migraine at some point in their lives.1 Several internal and external factors can modulate the frequency and severity of the condition. In women, variations in the hormonal milieu—from puberty to menopause—have a definite influence in the clinical expression of migraine. Migraine is more likely to be active at the time of menses, and for ...

Myocardial infarction in younger women. Associated clinical features and relationship to use of oral contraceptive drugs.

In a study of thromboembolism and oral contraceptive drugs, 136 cases of myocardial infarction in women aged 30 to 44 years were identified, a rare disease in women of this age group. Data from their hospital medical records were compared with those of several other groups, including women without chronic disease admitted for various acute or elective conditions unrelated to thromboembolism, pa...

Oral magnesium; migraine prophylaxis.

implicated the importance of magnesium ion in the pathophysiology of migraine.1,2 Magnesium has been also administered for both prophylactic and acute therapy in migraine, but the question of its efficacy has not been studied adequately.3,4 So the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of oral magnesium oxide supplementation associated with routine treatments of migraine seizures. In thi...