Lazgeen Zerki
Rapareen Teaching Hospital –Erbil-Iraq
Title: Acupuncture &Topiramat in Treatment of Migraine
Biography
Biography: Lazgeen Zerki
Abstract
Migraine headaches are usually one-sided, pulsating or throbbing, and moderate or severe in intensity. They can be worsened with activity and may be associated with nausea and/or vomiting, as well as sensitivity to light or noise.
Acupuncture had been used to treat 50 patient suffering from migraine, topiramat (topamax) given to prevent the attacks, duration of treatment is 10 weeks; the patients were fallowed up for one year. Topiramat is called an anticonvulsant .Topiramat is also used to prevent migraine headaches in adults and teenagers who are at least 12 years old. This medicine will only prevent migraine headaches or reduce the number of attacks. It will not treat a headache that has already begun.
Method: Fifty patients all are male, age 25 -35 year, having no systemic disease, complaining of migraine for more than 1 year, Liver and renal functions were normal. Classically the headache is unilateral, throbbing, and moderate to severe in intensity. It usually comes on gradually and is aggravated by physical activity.