The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic versions of Depakote delayed-release tablets (divalproex sodium). Depakote is approved by the FDA for the treatment of seizures, bipolar disorder and migraine headaches.
“Generic drugs undergo a rigorous scientific review to ensure that they will provide the patient with the same amount of high quality, safe [...]

A combination drug taken within an hour after the start of a migraine is effective in relieving symptoms, according to research published in the July 8, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The drug combines sumatriptan, a migraine-specific drug that affects the constriction of blood vessels, with naproxen sodium, [...]

Female soccer players and soccer players who have had a previous concussion recuperate differently from males or players without a history of concussion, new research released at the 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting at JW Marriott Orland Grande Lakes shows. The study found that prior history of concussion and gender account [...]

MONDAY, (HealthDay News) — Botulinum toxin, known to many as Botox, is safe and effective to prevent excessive sweating of the armpits and hands and to treat many involuntary muscle disorders, newly published guidelines suggest.
But while it may rid your brow of unwanted wrinkles and lines, it probably does not help combat migraines and chronic [...]

Compact fluorescent light bulbs are part of the big push to go green.
Those corkscrew looking CFL bulbs are supposed to reduce your carbon footprint and save money, but this relatively simple environmental solution is causing headaches.
“We flipped on a light switch in one of the rooms, and within ten minutes, I developed a migraine. And [...]

Monique Johannet remembers riding a bike as a child and seeing the light change.
“Suddenly, there’d be cool, wiggly light things going on in my range of vision,” the 55-year-old Watertown artist said.
Although the auras started early, the slamming pain of the migraine didn’t come with the “cool, wiggly things” until her late 30s. Now she [...]

MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) — Botulinum toxin, known to many as Botox, is safe and effective to prevent excessive sweating of the armpits and hands and to treat many involuntary muscle disorders, newly published guidelines suggest.
But while it may rid your brow of unwanted wrinkles and lines, it probably does not help combat migraines [...]