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Article: Maddening migraines can be controlled. (Special Newsletter Edition: Your Health)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- October 1, 1994
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Maddening Migraines Can Be Controlled
Migraine headaches are not curable, but they are treatable. Added to the arsenal of attack against this excruciating condition is a new drug called sumatriptan (Imitrex), which may stop some such headaches within minutes.
Migraines typically create throbbing pain on one side of the head that can last for hours or even days. They also are known as vascular headaches because they are associated with constriction of blood vessels outside the brain and in the face, neck, and scalp.
Estimates of the number of Americans who have migraines vary widely from 11,000,000 to 23,000,000 individuals. They are much more ...