Recently, that changed Carolyn began taking the drug flurbiprofen. Now she can eat and drink and she can sleep late if she needs more rest.
Doctor says flurbiprofen provides a new life to those who suffer from migraine headaches. It can be taken every day to prevent the headaches from starting. Or it can be taken to reduce pain after the headaches begin. Doctors must order flurbiprofen for their patients with migraine headaches.
The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the first medicine for migraine headaches that people can buy without a doctor's order.
Developments in medicine have not yet helped Richard, who suffers from cluster headaches. However, like Carolyn, Richard is living a more normal life because of new medicine.
Doctors say cluster headaches most often strike men who are more than thirty years old.
Richard says he felt soon he had another headache. Then he had another. Some lasted only thirty minutes. Others lasted as long as three hours.
Then he would have another series of headaches causing severe pain.
the headaches might be caused by worrying or emotional problems. Yet, He could not find any connection between unpleasant events in his life and the cluster headaches. He could not link them to anything
For several years, doctors tried different drugs to treat Richard's headaches. The most effective treatment was a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin is found in red peppers. It gives the peppers a hot, spicy taste.