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Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine ... Prophylaxis ... indicated for migraine ... prophylaxis? ... #Prophylaxis #Medications
Migraine Treatment Overview

 • What is a Migraine?
 • Pathophysiology
 • Common Migraine Triggers
 • Diagnosis
Migraine Treatment ... • What is a Migraine ... • Pathophysiology ... • Common Migraine ... #pharmacology #prophylaxis
Prophylactic Migraine Medications

Established Efficacy: 
 • Metoprolol, Propranolol, Timolol, Divalproex, Valproate, Topiramate, Frovatriptan
Probably Effective: 
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Prophylactic Migraine ... Cyproheptadine #Migraine ... #prophylaxis #Medications
Drugs Useful in the Treatment and Prophylaxis of Migraine Headaches
Several classes of drugs are effective in
Treatment and Prophylaxis ... of Migraine Headaches ... and severity of migraine ... #Migraine #Headache ... #Treatment #Prophylaxis
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Parasitic Cycle ... filariform larvae migrate ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Acute ED Migraine Therapy and Preventative Therapy Algorithm:
Acute migraine
 • IV NS IL bolus then infusion
Acute ED Migraine ... Algorithm: Acute migraine ... Cortel-LeBlanc #Migraine ... treatment #prevention #prophylaxis ... neurology #cocktail #prophylaxis
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Parasitic Cycle: ... filariform larvae migrate ... larvae hatch and migrate ... (or skin) and migrate ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Migraine - Preventative Treatments

 • Anticonvulsants: *Topiramate, *Sodium valproate, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
 • Antidepressants: Amitriptyline, Venlafaxine, Duloxetine,
Migraine - Preventative ... neudrawlogy #Migraine ... Treatment #management #prophylaxis
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
microfilariae that migrate ... mosquito's midgut, and migrate ... L3 larvae 8) Migrate ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
in the gut and migrate ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite