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Headaches - Using Triptans to Treat Migraines


Migraine suffers have had to deal with migraine pain for years without a reliable treatment source. Today over twenty eight million people in the United States alone have the benefit of triptans. Triptans do not cure all migraines but they are very effective at reducing the throbbing and intense pain associated with migraines.

Triptans are a class of drugs that are chemically similar to the neurotransmitter serotonin, believed to play a role in migraines. In many drug treatments, the compound is chemically similar to some natural one, allowing it to substitute at a critical point.

Triptans are of this type. They sit on receptors where the natural biochemical would be found, but have behavior just different enough to alleviate the condition. These are in a technical class called 5-HT1B/1D agonists.

Some studies suggest that triptans are more effective among migraine sufferers who lack skin sensitivity. For those who experience the sensitivity during an attack, triptans can still be helpful, but are best when taken within 20 minutes of migraine onset.

Many migraine sufferers experience a so-called 'aura', allowing them to know when to dose. The term 'aura', in this case has nothing to do with alleged fields around the body, but is a cluster of pre-cursor symptoms, such as seeing light flashes.

Triptans, introduced in the 1990s, come in a variety of commercial types and names, such as sumatriptan (Imitrex) and others. Second generation triptans now on the market are even more effective than the original drugs. Among these are zolmitriptan (Zomig) and rizatriptan (Maxalt).

These are so called 'aborters' or 'interrupters' - they help stop the migraine before it ramps up to the intense, pulsating pain familiar to migraine sufferers. The second generation is more effective in that, among other things, they don't have to be taken at the precise onset of (sometimes unpredictable) symptoms. They also last longer, which is important for those many who have symptoms that can last for days.

Many of the common accompanying symptoms are relieved by triptans as well. Nausea and vomiting are common among migraine sufferers. Triptans help reduce and can often eliminate these effects entirely.

Delivery systems have changed over the years, too. Once available in pill form only, many now come in nasal sprays and other forms. Rizatriptan (Maxalt) is available in the form of a wafer that dissolves rapidly on the tongue, making it unnecessary to have a glass of water nearby. Nasal sprays are very effective, since they provide a method of introducing the drug very rapidly into the bloodstream through the thin nasal membranes.

All medicine has the risk of adverse harmful side effects. You need to make sure you are prepared to deal with side effects in order to reduce the pain of the headaches. You may need to evaluate the benefit against the side effects that the medicine creates. As always, talk with your doctor prior to taking medicines.

Acetaminophen does not interfere with clotting.

How to Reduce & Relieve Headaches : Types of Headaches
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Low Level Laser Treatment of Neuromuscular Pain Disorders
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http://www.scalarwavelasers.com/lasers.html http://www.scalarwavelasers.com/viopulsar-laser.html What is LLLT? Low level LASER Therapy (LLLT), Cold Lasers and Non thermal Lasers are synonymous terminologies for appliances which have a specified wavelength of 600 to 1000nm and 5-500milliwatts with the use of red beam or close to Infrared laser. It is predominantly used for the treatment of carpel tunnel syndrome and other muscular and skeletal disorders like swelling and aching of mandibular joints and acute sciatic pangs. This laser when used at the problem area of the body, penetrates deep without any physical sensation, without heating or tanning the body, whereby the inherent photons in the laser beam induce the photochemical action in the body cells and tissues. The Low level LASER Therapy acts in same fashion as the photosynthesis of the plants. The body is compared to the plant while the LASER beam is compared to the sunlight. The photons of the laser radiation travel in a coherent path with polarization whereby they give a concentrated intensified radiation in the affected part of the body. The beam of light which traverses the skin without causing any burn heals the marred cells and enzymes of the body stimulating their growth and accentuating the recovery process. Researches have confirmed the hypothesis that Low level LASER Therapy improves cellular reconstruction, builds up the body's resistance stimulating lymphatic, vascular, and circulatory systems. This energy is being used often in acupuncture and cosmetic treatments. Apart from this, great results of healing have been witnessed and established for the following:-acute headaches, wounds, body pains, arthritis, blood clotting, orthodontic pains, tendonitis, tinnitus and epicondylitis . Scientific Background Various clinical trials and researches have reported productively the beneficial effect of the Low level LASER Therapy in most of the pain syndromes expressed above and in LASER acupuncture. Most of the results direct us to the pain syndrome removal. That is basically due to the improved functional levels attained in the body's cellular tissues and system processes. When the patients suffer from moderate symptoms, Low level LASER Therapy may be compared to the splinting, relaxing, steroid injection. Low level LASER Therapy was tried out on a group of patients as a sample and found useful to them. These studies included patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic venous ulcers, fibromyalgia, prevention of radiation induced mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer, neck, shoulder and back pain, tempor-mandibular joint or orthodontic pain, ankle sprain, osteoarthritis pain, Achilles tendonitis, epicondylitis. These results were based on the random sampling statistical group studies which need to be validated across a huge sample population, but enough supporting results have been reported from various studies conducted across the world where improvement was significantly found in carpel tunnel syndrome, ultrasound treatment. Also fairly a large group studies revealed positive response for acute ankle sprain patient treatment. LASER Accupuncture Through the use of LASER Acupuncture, chronic tension headache of a patient experimented with the LASER acupuncture exhibited favorable results in many tests. Further even in the knee osteo-arthritis, whiplash injury, LASER acupuncture proved beneficial. Although the experiment did not prove significant insights into the health of the patient post treatment with Acupuncture, it did reveal the usefulness of the treatment. This was a clinical observation made of the randomized samples tested and treated. However, the universal application of the Cold Laser treatment is coming of age as reported from various corners of the world. http://www.scalarwavelasers.com


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