Get Informed: Migraine/Headache
1 in 10 people have Migraine/Headache
iGuard is currently monitoring more than 210,470 patients with Migraine/Headache from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 27.9 million Americans have Migraine/Headache with women being 5 times more likely to be affected than men.
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Age (Years)
Medications used for Migraine/Headache
Drugs commonly taken by iGuard users for Migraine/Headache are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.
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Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class) |
% of Patients | Average Risk Rating | Has Generic Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tylenol | 24% |
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Yes |
| Advil | 23% |
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Yes |
| Topamax | 7% |
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Yes |
| Imitrex | 5% |
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Yes |
Less than 5%: Aleve, Excedrin, Maxalt, Amitriptyline, Vicodin, Cymbalta, Aspirin, Fioricet, Inderal, Depakote, Relpax
*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
Global Patient Feedback for Migraine/Headache ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
Has anyone had any experience with acupuncture and migraine?
38 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-04-21 14:07:15
Member Answer/Reply:
Acupuncture and other types of non-medication therapy are all usual in treatment of headache problems. Frequently recommended is biofeedback therapy for tension type headaches by virtue of the fact that it really gives you a technique you can use at home. Acupuncture certainly works in migraine and tension headaches, the only difficulty is that you will be dependent on the treater or acupuncturist to give you relief of the headache problem and most of us would like to freedom to do it ourselves. Other options would be biofeedback, exercise, and yoga.
Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-24 14:39:19
Member Answer/Reply:
yes and it helped me for 41/2 years and wore off
33 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-09-30 00:31:13
Question/Comment:
does anyone else have a slight headache that constantly lays in the middle of your head and never goes away and gets worse with tension and noise?
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52 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-04-22 20:40:33
Member Answer/Reply:
I HAD MIGRAINES FOR OVER 11 YEARS. TWO TO THREE TIMES A DAY OR NIGHT. I HAVE TRIED ALL THE DOCTORS AND ALL THE MEDS AND NOTHING WORKED. SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT THE HERB "FEVERFEW". I WENT TO MY VITAMIN STORE AND BOUGHT IT IMMEDIATELY. THAT WAS JULY 6, 2007. I TAKE TWO AFTER EVERY MEAL AND HAVEN'T HAD A MIGRAINE SINCE. THAT IS 10 MONTHS MIGRAINE FREE. I TELL EVERYONE WHO WILL LISTEN AND THEY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE SAME RESULTS. AND THEY ARE CHEAP TOO........MARION IORI, CINCINNATI OHIO marioniori@zoomtown.com
Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-05-12 11:13:00
Member Answer/Reply:
Yes, I experiance my migraines on a daily basis. I rate them from 1 to 10. I live at a 4 to 6 and if it goes higher i have rescue meds that i have recieved from the diamond clinic.
31 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-05-27 18:21:45
Member Answer/Reply:
yes every since my aupunctures wore off its a constant thing 33 anderson
33 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-09-30 00:28:54
Question/Comment:
ever have a headache that tells you bad weather is coming? nothing helped not even throwing up.
52 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-07 23:49:25
Member Answer/Reply:
I too have those barometric headaches. I used to have to go into the ER for injections of Demerol and Visterol.
Now I just try to sleep them off using vicodin.
56 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-13 16:15:34
Member Answer/Reply:
I also get weather headaches-I get them for all occasions-whatever. They had all but disappeared and then menopause hit and I had one everyday for 2 months and finally got harmone replacement. Odd we all are in the same age range, huh?
56 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-14 14:24:44
Member Answer/Reply:
OMG, I have been thru a 3 day migraine session.. I had to switch up from the Egsic Plus & Lortab. Finally on the 3rd night I injected Imitrex shot. Dr. had me on Neurotin 1500mg which caused me weird side effects, has anyone went thru that w/Neurotin? I had to downgrade to 900mg & build up slower, Every different side effect I had was when my dosage was increased.. and the first couple of days from going from 1500 to 900 I felt pain, I know what I am feeling now is sinus / barometric related. My sinus' are starting to drain some.. and 120mg of decogestant helps along w/pain med.
thanks
41 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-11-13 12:46:09
Question/Comment:
Has anyone had any positive effect with Botox injections for their migraines?
50 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-13 20:14:21
iGuard Answer/Reply:
I have had botox injections into the sides of my head, It has reduced the severity but not got rid of them completely, I will continue to get the botox to see will it get rid of them. 37 year old female
Posted: 2009-03-17 13:26:00
Question/Comment:
Hi,
I know a lot of people think it's not true, but does anyone know if there's anything being done about the connection between certain types of (supposedly environmentally friendly) lighting and their migraines? I'm growing so frustrated that there doesn't seem to be much research being done but in certain types of lighting, I can make it maybe five minutes before being knocked out for days - it's a great thing to have in the work world!
Thanks
35 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-16 16:43:01
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