Nasal spray may trigger migraine
March 5th 2009 15:23
But...I thought it was helping??
I came across this article and thought it was important to post it here. Since spring is upon us and so many of us will be looking for relief, I'm sur alot may turn to nasal sprays.
I wanted to share this on here. We do need to be careful as far as the measures we take for the relief we look for...
Nasal spray may trigger migraine
By Reuters - Mon Mar 2, 12:16 PM PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with hay fever -- more accurately termed allergic rhinitis -- may find themselves with a migraine after they
use a nasal steroid spray to relieve their stuffy noses. included six different drugs: fluticasone, beclomethasone, budesonide, mometasone, flunisolide, and triamcinolone. In 24 cases the intranasal corticosteroid was the only drug used, the researchers report in the medical journal Cephalalgia.
Re-exposure to the intranasal corticosteroid led to a relapse of migraine in eight patients. None of the drugs exceeded the maximum daily recommended dose range in any reported case.
In the 16 reports where time to onset was recorded, migraine developed early in the course of intranasal corticosteroid treatment in 12 cases -- within the first four days.
A connection between allergic rhinitis and migraine has already been established. The new findings suggest that, "in addition, intranasal corticosteroids might cause or worsen migraine or migraine-like headache," Pokladnikova and colleagues conclude.
SOURCE: Cephalalgia, March 2009.
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