Vagal Nerve Stimulation Aborts Migraine in Patient with Intractable Epilepsy

Sadler, R. Mark; Purdy, R. Allan; Rahey, Susan R.

doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.2002.00387.x

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“…However, the import of the present series is in their striking similarity to the result seen in patients with migralepsy after using ketogenic diet or with restoring the sleeping pattern, indicating a decrease of epileptogenecity within the brain once the migraines are fully controlled [18][19][20].…”

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Successful Opioid Monotherapy in Migralepsy: A Case Series

Derakhshan¹

2016

J Neurol Disord

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Background: There is a consensus that migraine and epilepsy are comorbid conditions. The novel concept explored and developed in this case series is that of the primacy of headaches in generating seizures in those patients suffering from migraine-triggered epilepsy (i.e., migralepsy). As demonstrated in the five cases descried here, much like the effect of ketogenic-diet on migraine-triggered epilepsy, once the migraine headaches were completely suppressed after adopting daily scheduled opioid therapy the seizures stopped from occurring, but they returned with the recurrence of the migraines once the patients had stopped their daily opiate regimen for any reason.

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“…Wolf has documented the role of nonpharmacological interventions in prevention of migraine-triggered epilepsy [20].…”

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Successful Opioid Monotherapy in Migralepsy: A Case Series

Derakhshan¹

2016

J Neurol Disord

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“…A recent case report described reduction in migraine attacks in 1 patient who received VNS device for intractable seizures. 26 The effect on seizures was moderate; however, it appeared to have a beneficial effect in preventing migraine attacks. 26 Current theories suggest that initiation of a migraine attack involves a primary central nervous system dysfunction with subsequent activation of the trigeminovascular system.…”

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The effect of vagus nerve stimulation on migraines

Hord

Evans

Mueed

et al. 2003

The Journal of Pain

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“…stimulation was found effective in several case reports (Sadler et al 2002;Mauskop 2005) and deserves further trials.…”

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Current migraine management – patient acceptability and future approaches

Fumal

Schoenen

2008

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Despite its high prevalence and individual as well as societal burden, migraine remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. In recent years, the options for the management of migraine patients have greatly expanded. A number of drugs belonging to various pharmacological classes and deliverable by several routes are now available both for the acute and the preventive treatments of migraine. Nevertheless, disability and satisfaction remain low in many subjects because treatments are not accessible, not optimized, not effective, or simply not tolerated. There is thus still considerable room for better education, for more effi cient therapies and for greater support from national health systems. In spite of useful internationally accepted guidelines, anti-migraine treatment has to be individually tailored to each patient taking into account the migraine subtype, the ensuing disability, the patient's previous history and present expectations, and the co-morbid disorders. In this article we will summarize the phenotypic presentations of migraine and review recommendations for acute and preventive treatment, highlighting recent advances which are relevant for clinical practice in terms of both diagnosis and management.

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Vagal Nerve Stimulation Aborts Migraine in Patient with Intractable Epilepsy

Cited by 104 publications

References 11 publications

Successful Opioid Monotherapy in Migralepsy: A Case Series

Successful Opioid Monotherapy in Migralepsy: A Case Series

The effect of vagus nerve stimulation on migraines

Current migraine management – patient acceptability and future approaches

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Vagal Nerve Stimulation Aborts Migraine in Patient with Intractable Epilepsy

Cited by 104 publications

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Successful Opioid Monotherapy in Migralepsy: A Case Series

Successful Opioid Monotherapy in Migralepsy: A Case Series

The effect of vagus nerve stimulation on migraines

Current migraine management &ndash; patient acceptability and future approaches

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Current migraine management – patient acceptability and future approaches