Preventing chronicity of migraine

Comorbid pain and migraine chronicity

OBJECTIVE To identify patterns of noncephalic pain comorbidity in people with episodic migraine (EM; <15 headache-days per month) and chronic migraine (CM; ≥15 headache-days per month) and to examine whether the presence of noncephalic pain is an indicator for the 3-month onset or persistence of CM. METHODS Data from the Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes (CaMEO) Study, a prospective,...

Tricyclic antidepressants for preventing migraine in adults

BACKGROUND Migraine, ranked as the 7th-highest specific cause of disability worldwide, has caused an enormous burden on the economy and society. Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) is one of the most commonly drugs for migraine prevention. However, evidence about the efficacy and tolerability of TCAs in the prophylaxis of migraine in adults is somewhat confusing. METHODS A computerized literature ...

Creating chronicity

An authentic sickness history is the vantage point for juxtaposing a biomedical and a biographical-phenomenological reading. What, in a biomedical framework, appears to be a longstanding state of comorbidity of different and unrelated types of diseases is rendered transparent in a biographical reading. This particular reading, evidencing the shortcomings of a biomedical framework regarding iden...

Depression, Vascular Conditions and Chronicity

The clinical efficiency of acupuncture in preventing migraine attacks and its effect on serotonin levels

1Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 2Department of Neurology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 3Department of Biochemistry, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey 4Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Fatih Sultan Mehmet...