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Migraine Web Sites and Resources

Use this list as a gateway to other headache and migraine Web sites. Here you will find news, migraine information, and clinical updates.

American Academy of Neurology

Excerpt: "The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a medical specialty society established to advance the art and science of neurology, and thereby promote the best possible care for patients with neurological disorders."

For additional information about the treatment of migraine, AAN recommends:

• Headaches: Practical Management

National Headache Foundation (NHF)

Excerpt: "The National Headache Foundation Web site serves as an information resource to headache sufferers, their families, and the healthcare providers who treat them. It is our goal to raise public awareness that headaches are a legitimate biological disease and sufferers should receive understanding and continuity of care."

For CME opportunities and additional information about women’s issues and migraine headaches, NHF recommends:

• Case Studies in the Differential Diagnosis of Headache: Migraine, Sinus Headache, and Episodic Tension-Type Headache
• Women’s Issues in Migraine

American Medical Women's Association

Excerpt: "The American Medical Women’s Association functions at the local, national, and international levels to advance women in medicine and improve women's health. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances. AMWA has been addressing these issues for 90 years."

For additional information about migraine headaches in women, AMWA recommends:

• Migraine and Women’s Health

Indication and Important Safety Considerations

ZOMIG is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults, where a clear diagnosis of migraine has been established.
ZOMIG is not intended for the prophylactic therapy of migraine and is not indicated for the treatment of cluster headache.
• ZOMIG is contraindicated in patients with
• -  Ischemic heart disease (eg, silent ischemia, angina), coronary artery vasospasm, or other significant underlying cardiovascular disease
• -  Cerebrovascular syndromes (eg, history of stroke or TIA)
• -  Peripheral vascular disease (eg, ischemic bowel disease)
• -  Uncontrolled hypertension
• Use of ZOMIG is contraindicated within 24 hours of another 5-HT₁ agonist, ergotamine-containing or ergot-type medication, or within 2 weeks of an MAO-A inhibitor
• ZOMIG should not be administered to patients with hemiplegic or basilar migraine
• It is strongly recommended that ZOMIG not be given to patients in whom unrecognized coronary artery disease (CAD) is predicted by the presence of risk factors without a satisfactory cardiac evaluation
• Patients with symptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome or arrhythmias associated with other accessory cardiac conduction pathways should not receive ZOMIG
• Development of potentially life-threatening serotonin syndrome may occur with triptans particularly during combined use with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
• Phenylketonuric patients should be informed that ZOMIG-ZMT^® (zolmitriptan) contains phenylalanine
• ZOMIG should only be used during pregnancy if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus
• Most common adverse reactions in clinical trials for ZOMIG and ZOMIG-ZMT were paresthesia, asthenia, nausea, dizziness, pain, chest or neck tightness or heaviness, somnolence, and warm sensation
• Most common adverse reactions in clinical trials for ZOMIG Nasal Spray were unusual taste, paresthesia, hyperesthesia, and dizziness