Archive for 2016
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Duality
For headache specialists, reducing the disorder to a specific mechanism in the brain doesn’t just relieve the symptoms of migraine [referring to development of Imitrex]; it also targets the stigma associated with it by shifting responsibility for the pain away from a weak or neurotic personality toward a body over which the patient has no […]
Practical pain scales
Sick enough to want help; well enough to not need it.
Trying to get better is bad for your health
Another shit thing about the expectation to keep trying to get better: every treatment has risks and you can end up worse than you started.
Why cheap patients are expensive for doctors
providing services to headache patients—no matter how needed they are—is often described as a money-losing proposition. The problem is twofold: headache medicine requires few procedures, while at the same time, necessitates long doctor-patient appointments. This matters because in the United States reimbursement rates pay much higher dividends for procedures than “evaluation and management.” Joanna Kempner […]
Migraine snacks
Practical pain scales
Well enough to boil an egg; sick enough to cry about how hard it is.