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• About migraine
  • Migraine – what is it?
    • More than “just a headache”
    • Symptoms and stages
    • Facts and figures
    • Genetics
    • Does migraine damage the brain?
    • Stroke and migraine
    • Take our migraine quiz
  • Types of migraine
    • Migraine without aura
    • Migraine with aura
    • Chronic migraine
    • Menstrual migraine
    • Hemiplegic migraine
    • Migraine and vertigo
    • Migraine with brainstem aura
    • Abdominal migraine
    • Cyclical vomiting syndrome
    • Other headache disorders
      • Chronic daily headache
      • Headache
      • Tension-type headache
      • Cluster headache
      • Hemicrania continua
      • Hypnic headache
      • High altitude headache
      • Medication-overuse headache
  • Trigger factors
    • What is a trigger?
    • Common triggers
    • Hypoglycaemia
    • Food and diet
    • Menstruation
    • Menopause and midlife
    • Jaw tension
  • Migraine stories
  • For professionals
    • Supporting good headache management
    • Demonstrating the case for change
    • Improving clinical data to inform best practice
    • Sharing good practice
    • Championing professional development
    • Mapping clinics to support referrers
• About us
  • The Migraine Trust’s Five-Year Strategy
  • Mission, vision and values
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• Accessibility
• Alison’s employer made reasonable adjustments for her
• Amanda’s story
• Beth’s story
• Carol’s story
• Chloe’s story
• Christina’s story
• Christopher’s story
• Claire’s story
• Clare’s story
• Clive’s story
• Continuing a conversation with people affected by migraine about the future of The Migraine Trust
• Disclaimer
• Donna’s story
• Elizabeth’s story
• Emily’s story
• Emma’s story
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• Finding a cure
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  • MTIS biennial symposia
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• Gary’s story
• Gary’s story
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    • Migraine Awareness Week
    • Share your story
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• Gordon’s story
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• Joanne explains the impact of migraine
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• Lewis’s story
• Linda’s story
• Lisa’s story
• Living with migraine
  • Seeking medical advice
    • Managing your 10-minute appointment with your GP
    • Diagnosis
    • Visiting your GP
    • Migraine clinics
    • Community pharmacy
    • Interview with a GP headache specialist
    • Interview with a headache nurse
    • Accessing treatment
  • Treatments
    • Medication
    • Acute medicines
    • Preventive medicines
    • CGRP pathway monoclonal antibodies
    • Evidence-based guidance
      • NICE guideline
    • Botox
    • External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation
    • Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation
    • Acupuncture
    • Non-Invasive vagus nerve stimulation (gammaCore)
    • Supplements and herbs
    • Feverfew
    • Methysergide
    • Do anticoagulants improve migraine?
  • Coping and managing
    • Keeping a migraine diary
    • Exercise
    • Young people with migraine
      • Advice for 7 to 12 year olds
      • Guide for parents and carers
      • Advice for teens
    • Migraine in later life
    • Pregnancy and breastfeeding
    • Migraine and the contraceptive pill
    • Sleep and migraine
    • Managing migraine at work
    • Managing your migraine
    • Can I drive with migraine?
  • Asking for support
    • Information Service
    • Advocacy Service
    • Help accessing healthcare
    • Help at work
    • Help in school
    • Help in further and higher education
    • Accessing welfare benefits
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• Lorraine’s story
• Louise’s story
• Lucy’s story
• Mathew’s story
• Matt’s story
• Meetings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders
• Migraine and pregnancy
• News
• Nicholas’ story
• Our three new draft strategic goals
• Patricia’s story
• Paul’s story
• Pippa’s story
• Policy & Research
  • State of the Migraine Nation
  • Migraine research
  • Access to treatments and new drugs
• Privacy policy
• Rebecca’s story
• Rebekah’s story
• Richard’s story
• Sally’s story
• Sally’s story
• Saskia’s story
• Selina’s story
• Sharron’s story
• Site map
• Strategic goal one – Help find a cure
• Strategic goal three – Build an active and supportive community of people affected by migraine
• Strategic goal two – A diagnosis, legal protections and access to the best possible information, care and treatment
• Strategic goals
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• Taiyeba’s story
• The Dawson Family’s migraine story
• Tim’s story
• Tony’s story
• Understanding migraine aura
• Vicky’s story
• Where our help has been needed most
• Working with the Civil Service to help its employees who work with migraine
• Your view on new headache and migraine information sheets
• Graphics for social media

News & Research

• News & Research

  • The Migraine Trust is here to help you
  • NICE gives chronic migraine patients access to ‘life changing’ new drug
  • We have launched our new five-year strategy
  • Launching our new Migraine Trust Ambassador Programme
  • Remembering Dr Robert Smith
  • SCRIP Study: Exploring Sleep and Psychological Function in Individuals with Chronic Pain (University College London)
  • Valda hopes her garden grows into new funds to help people with migraine
  • NICE erenumab appeal outcome
  • Barts Choir chooses The Migraine Trust to be its Charity of the Year for 2020
  • Inspirational Dawn will spin for eight hours to help people affected by migraine
  • Life-changing migraine medication approved for use within NHS Scotland
  • Neuroscientist awarded The Migraine Trust PhD studentship for project that seeks to fill critical gap in understanding of migraine
  • Major project aimed at transforming what it’s like to live with migraine in the UK launched
  • Take part in a trial for a new medication for people who are prone to migraine without aura
  • Remembering Susan
  • Migraine Action trustees join our Board
  • Results of The Migraine Trust’s latest patient survey to inform new migraine drug NICE consultation
  • Take part in trial for new acute treatment for episodic migraine
  • Update on NHS appraisals for CGRP medication
  • CGRP user experience survey
  • Migraine community survey launches
  • NICE rejects Aimovig as a migraine treatment in NHS England
  • Migraine Awareness Week 2019
  • The Migraine Trust joins forces with the Civil Service to help its employees who work with migraine
  • Tribute to Susan Haydon
  • Awarding of The Migraine Trust PhD studentship
  • World Brain Day 2019
  • Your migraine experience
  • Calls for headache service in Lothian to be urgently re-established
  • Gail’s London Marathon success
  • Letter from the Chief Executive
  • Dr Paolo Rossi
  • New research finds that stress is causing high numbers of migraine attacks
  • First preventive medication dedicated to treating migraine now available within NHS Scotland
  • European Commission grants Marketing Authorization for Ajovy
  • Professor James Lance
  • Meet-up to support people in Lichfield with migraine
  • New leadership at The Migraine Trust
  • Migraine sufferers missing out on support for care
  • Dawn Oldale completes Zumbathon challenge
  • Concern about high numbers of people left isolated because of migraine
  • The Migraine Trust is very disappointed at NICE decision
  • Migraleve
  • Holiday opening times
  • Concern about numbers of people in Hull who are struggling with migraine
  • Rebecca Chilcott completes the Cardiff Half Marathon
  • Elkie and Ella Meet-up for Migraine!
  • We have moved
  • We are moving
  • The 17th Migraine Trust International Symposium comes to an end
  • Huge rise in people contacting The Migraine Trust for help with workplace issues
  • European Medicines Agency grants licence for Aimovig
  • Stronger unified voice and source of help for people living with migraine
  • Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use adopts positive opinion for use of Aimovig in migraine prevention
  • First preventive migraine treatment launches in the US
  • People who get migraine are more likely to struggle with their mental health
  • New report reveals impact of migraine on the UK economy
  • New restrictions on valproate use in pregnancy
  • Practical help for living with migraine
  • What helps people to manage migraine in the workplace?
  • New approach to preventing migraine can cut the number and severity of attacks, two clinical trials show
  • The Taste of Blue Light
  • New poll fuels migraine work fears
  • #letsbeatmigraine
  • Can you help us this Small Charity Week?
  • Safe in School campaign
  • Services for migraine patients falling short
  • Our staff attend ‘Interactive Headache Clinic’ event
  • Hot topic: A headache for emergency care
  • Submission to Government consultation on Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper
  • Botox for chronic migraine approved in Scotland
  • Support our campaign for children with migraine in Parliament
  • What is it like to work, seek work or claim welfare benefits with migraine?
  • Chronic migraineurs call for more treatment options in Scotland
  • We urge Government to recognise the vital role of charities in research and innovation
  • Science and Technology Committee report on leaving the EU
  • Do you get chronic migraine?
  • Self Care Week 2016
  • Greater support in school needed for young migraineurs
  • Welcome to our new chief executive
  • Neurology and primary care report
  • Take part in the Neurological Patient Experience Survey
  • Ramadan, fasting and migraine
  • Small Charity Week 13-18 June 2016
  • New research on link with cardiovascular disease
  • Hot topic: Migraine and mental health, an integrated approach
  • People with neurological conditions must be prioritised
  • Lord Walton of Detchant – Obituary
  • Supporting learners with healthcare needs
  • Preventive migraine treatment on the horizon
  • Migraine World Summit
  • Charities call for Government and BMA to ‘get back around the table’
  • NICE issues guidance on new migraine device
  • Prescription Charges Coalition calls on Government to review criteria for prescription charges
  • New logo for the Prescription Charges Coalition
  • New toolkit launched to improve awareness of the risks of valproate and pregnancy
  • Call to save National Clinical Director for Neurology post
  • Daith piercing
  • Welcome to our new website
  • Opportunities to take part in migraine research
  • Public Accounts Committee progress review inquiry
  • Shock poll fuels migraine crisis – NHS bosses warned to boost aid for GPs
  • Government urged to protect the UK science budget
  • Statement on The Migraine Trust’s fundraising and data protection policy

Events

• Managing Your Migraine, Aviemore, Scotland
• 18th Biennial Migraine Trust International Symposium
• Virgin Money London Marathon 2020

Blog Posts

• The main questions you’ve been asking us about coronavirus – and the answers we’ve been giving
• Running to find a cure for migraine
• Managing migraine in the workplace
• Coronavirus and migraine
• Migraine care in Northern Ireland
• Our new five-year strategy
• The new NHS RightCare Headache and Migraine Toolkit
• Improving public funding for migraine research
• Our new ‘State of the Migraine Nation’ project
• Managing your ten-minute appointment with your GP
• Understanding migraine aura
• Managing Your Migraine
• Migraine Awareness Week 2019
• Our three new draft strategic goals

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