The selective melatonin receptor agonism effect of ramelteon is useful for insomnia. Here we wanted to present a refractory chronic migraine case, who had significant improvements in migraine after using ramelteon. The possible mechanism for the ramelteon in the migraine relief might be related to melatonin effects.

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Our main, novel, result is that a certain non-central chi-squared mixture of distributions itself scaled distribution. From this and link to known on representation for central distribution, numerous further results, both old new, ensue. These include results F, F Libby–Novick distributions. The main involves all with the same degrees freedom; it also extended case where mixing distribution has...

BACKGROUND Chronic migraine is a common, highly disabling, underdiagnosed and undertreated entity of migraine. It affects 0.9%-2.2% of the general adult population. The present paper overviews the preclinical and clinical data regarding the therapeutic effect of onabotulinumtoxinA in chronic migraineurs. METHODS A literature search was conducted in the database of PubMed up to 20 May 2015 for...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chronic migraine (CM) has a significant impact on daily activities, and analgesic overuse is a major contributing factor to migraine transformation. Limited information is available on the functional consequences of CM stemming from analgesic overuse. This study evaluated the impact of the frequency of analgesic medication use on headache-related disability and clinical f...

UNLABELLED The blink reflex - a simple, non-invasive and inexpensive test - may be indicative of lesions or dysfunctions of the brainstem, and particularly assesses the trigeminal-facial arch. Results from alterations of the blink reflex in patients with headaches have provided controversial data. METHOD Registration of the waves R1 and R2 (ipsilateral to the stimulus) and R2c (contralateral ...

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Transformed migraine (TM) is one of the most frequent types of chronic daily headache. Eighty patients: 40 with episodic migraine (EM) and 40 with TM with ages ranging from 18 to 60 years old were studied. Females were the majority. At first examination, the mean age was similar in both groups. The initial age of migraine attacks was significantly smaller in the TM group. Time history of episod...