Abstract
Migraine is usually a genetic disorder. In the United States, every 10 seconds someone
with a migraine goes to the emergency room. Approximately 1.2 million annual visits
to the emergency room occur due to acute migraine attacks. About 90% of migraine patients
have a family history of this illness. More than 90% of sufferers are unable to work
or function normally during their migraine episode, affecting their quality of life
and medical expenditure. While the majority of patients experience attacks once or
twice a month, more than four million people suffer due to a chronic migraine with
at least 15 migraine days per month. Migraine is often undiagnosed and undertreated
and remains a poorly understood disease. In spite of the high prevalence of migraine
and its effects on patients, research into migraine is still underfunded. In this
article, the author reviewed facts about migraine, the best possible suggested treatments
and the scope of homeopathy for its treatment. More research and clinical trials with
improved trial designs are warranted. Publications of large numbers of homeopathic
case studies worldwide, long-term observational studies of treated migraine patients
having no further migraine recurrences are needed to see the role of homeopathy for
the complete cure.
Keywords
homeopathy - migraine - double-blind placebo-controlled trials
