The Year in Neurology

MIGRAINE

One Headache the Pill Doesn't Prevent

Migraine related to menstruation may be exacerbated by hormonal birth control measures, with more use of analgesics and more recurrences, reported researchers at the American Headache Society meeting.

"Women taking birth control could potentially benefit from taking a combination of triptans and NSAIDs to reduce migraine recurrence," said Brenda Pinkerman, Ph.D., a psychology resident at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa.