Joshua Rubick

Dr. Creed-Dikeogu
LAS 13525
2 March 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Autret, A., S. Roux, S. Rimbaux-Lepage, D. Valade, and S. Debiais. "Psychopathology
and Quality of Life Burden in Chronic Daily Headache: Influence of Migraine
Symptoms." The Journal of Headache and Pain. Springer Milan, 11 Apr. 2010.
Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
This study was conducted in order to compare the psychopathology as
well as the quality of life between those with migraine headache and those
with tension-type headache. During the study, 106 adults were enrolled
with the condition of chronic daily headache. After being enrolled, they
were enlisted in subcategories within the study itself, such as: chronic
migraines with overuse of medications as well as without overuse.
The information provided within this article will be very useful, as it helps
to pertain to the internal struggle of a migraine sufferer. With that being
said, it also helps to illustrate the dependency of the sufferers when it
comes to dealing with the pain. Ultimately, this study helps to focus on
those that may soon have issues with addiction to the medications
provided. As well as providing an insight as to different medical
conditions that may arise.

Estemalik, E., and S. Tepper. "Preventative Treatment in Migraine and the New US
Guidelines." PubMed Central. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 17 May
2013. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
This article covers the prevalence of migraines and the preventative
treatments that are available with the aforementioned condition. The
abstract of the article goes on to outline that migraines effect 18% in
women and 6% in men. With this being said, the article also outlines that
roughly 3%-13% of identified migraine patients are participating in
preventative therapies, this of course being in accordance with an
outstanding number of 38% of sufferers actually needing a preventative
agent to deal with migraines.
The reason why this article holds a place within this essay is that it helps
to outline what migraine sufferers need. In order to get better, a numerous
amount of therapies are available; however, they are at quite a price in
some cases. Of course, it is not only therapies that are used; but as well as
medications, or the preventative agents as mentioned before. This article
also in up-to-date as it was published only 4 years ago.
Goldberg, Lawrence D. "The Cost of Migraine and Its Treatment." The Cost of Migraine
and Its Treatment. American Journal of Managed Care, 15 June 2005. Web. 25
Feb. 2016.
The synopsis of this article contains information that states what the

average annual cost of migraine related expenses is. The provided amount
being dished out is roughly $17 billion dollars in the Unites States alone.
Furthermore, this article not only covers different types of therapies and
their costs, it also provides an insight as to what it costs the economy in
order to provide sick leave for the migraine sufferers.
With the previous sentiment, it is important to know that this article covers
one of the key issues in the essay, and that is the cost of what migraines
are. Thus, this is why this article will hold resonance within the paper. It is
crucial that individuals obtain an understanding of just how expensive this
invisible illness is to the economy and to the sufferers.
Levy, Andrew. A Brain Wider than the Sky: A Migraine Diary. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2009. Print.
This book by Andrew Levy can be seen as a memoir as to what the
struggles of a migraine sufferer are. This being shown through countless
examples of his son, finding him at his worst, and all his son could do was
try to comfort him. Futher into the story, Levy helps to portray what
happens to a family that struggles with a migraine sufferer through his
own personal endeavors.
This article will also hold a very keen place in this essay, as one of the
main points is the internal struggle of a migraine sufferer. Not only that
but also showcasing what happens to the family as well. As this book was
published roughly 7 years ago, it sill holds some good information as it is
a personal catalogue.

Lipton, R. B., M. E. Bigal, M. Diamond, F. Freitag, M. L. Reed, and W. F. Steward.

"Migraine Prevalence, Disease Burden, and the Need for Preventive Therapy."
Neurology. AMPP Advisory Group, 30 Jan. 2007. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
As the title of the article describes, this article talks about how the
condition of migraine has been maintained throughout the United States.
Not only that, it also goes a little deeper as it speaks of the individuals that
actually were recommended to be able to use medications as well as
therapeutic measures. Furthermore, the article helps to illustrate as to how
many people have a frequency of how many attacks; this during a given
amount of time.
As this article was published nearly 10 years ago, some of the information
could be a little out of date. However, it does provide a keen insight as to
what the conditions and the numbers could have evolved to today. With
that being said, this article also helps to outline a main focus of the essay
and that is of the available treatments; and the need of the treatments
explained within the article.

Martin, Vincent T., Kristina M. Fanning, Daniel Serrano, Dawn C. Buse, Michael L.
Reed, and Richard B. Lipton. "Asthma Is a Risk Factor for New Onset Chronic
Migraine: Results from the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study."
- Martin. Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 21 Oct. 2015. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
This article helps to provide insight as to how one chronic condition can
be coupled with another, such as this article going on to explain how
migraines and asthma may be related. The findings provided within the
article explain that asthma is a new risk factor due to chronic migraine.
This of course being closer related to chronic migraines that is episodic in
nature.
This article also holds resonance in the fact that it is very recent as well as
provided by a group of writers, with nearly all writers have doctoral
degrees. This also helps to provide extra information such as how
migraines have an effect on the life of the sufferer. With that being said, it
can be affected quite drastically as asthma is a very prevalent, chronic
condition as well.
Patniyot, Irene R., and Amy A. Gelfand. "Acute Treatment Therapies for Pediatric
Migraine: A Qualitative Systematic Review." - Patniyot. Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 3
Nov.

2015. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.

This article helps to outline what different therapies may do for migraine
sufferers. The article itself goes on to explain as to how many trials were
done, as well as which were the control groups and which were not. The

results showed that certain triptan medications are the most effective and
safe agents for acute management of migraines and other benign headache
disorders in patients.
As this article was published within this last year, the information
provided is relevant. Not to mention, the article is a good insight as to
what kind of therapies and preventative medications may be the best in
order to take care of migraines. However, it does go on to list out the
consideration of the dosages being a variable as well as how long the
treatments have been going on.
Phillips, Helen. "Your Brain on Migraine." Your Brain on Migraine. New Scientist, n.d.
Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
This article goes on to discuss topics such as how neurological changes
can occur with the condition of having migraines. There is also a breadth
of other areas discussed, such as the aura like symptoms. This giving way
as to how brain volume and sensory attributes can be affected as well.
The information in this article is also very useful to the essay, as it helps to
outline the internal conditions that a migraine may leave behind. Such is
the case that damages left may resemble that of a stroke, but not from
constant attacks, but just by having the disease alone.
Sprenger, Till, and David Forsook. "Migraine Changes the Brain Neuroimaging
Imaging Makes Its Mark." HHS Public Access, 25 June 2012. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
This article takes a very interesting stance as far as the study of migraines,
as being able to take images of the brain itself and being able to figure out

what the symptoms may be. To expand, this article also talks about the
amount of the general population that is effected by migraines (15%). It
also describes migraines as the most common neurological disorder.
With the synopsis of the article being provided, this area of research could
help to provide further insight as to identifying which region the migraine
effects, as well as the symptoms to coincide with the region being
affected. This article is fairly relevant as well, as it has only been
published for almost 4 years. Not only does the article explain the
symptoms of migraines, but it also delves into the area of the state of the
migraine. Thus providing a detailed account of each one state.
Walters, A. Brooke, Joshua D. Hamer, and Todd A. Smitherman. "Sleep Disturbance and
Affective Comorbidity Among Episodic Migraineurs." - Walters. Wiley
Periodicals, Inc., 21 May 2013. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
The article provided above has some keen insight as to how migraine
sufferers are also exposed to sleep deprivation. The result of this study
showed that poor sleep quality was in fact an issue when it came to
individuals that suffered from episodic migraines. Furthermore, this study
also shows the shortcomings and how the research itself could have been
bettered, and will be bettered by future researchers in this area.
As this article itself is fairly recent as far as being published, it only leaves
room for improvement in future case studies. With that being said, it is
important to note that this article holds resonance for the essay, as it does
pertain to other chronic conditions; this one being sleep deprivation.

Woodfield, H. C., III, D. G. Hasick, Werner J. Becker, Marianne S. Rose, and James N.
Scott. "Effect of Atlas Vertebrae Realignment in Subjects with Migraine: An
Observational Pilot Study." BioMed Research International, 29 Oct. 2015. Web.
25 Feb. 2016.
This article goes on to explain as to how abnormalities of the spine could
in fact cause migraines. This being stated as it disrupts the pathway for the
neural traffic itself to get to the brain stem. And without proper pathways,
the interpretation of the messages could be affected as the nerve endings
themselves can also be in danger.
The information provided within this article is crucial to the essay as it
helps to outline a therapy that does not involve the use of any sort of
prescriptions. Furthermore, with the addendum of not needing to use
different combinations of chemicals to help the brain, which mentioned
beforehand can actually damage the brain itself. To continue, the relevance
of this article is in the time frame in which the information is still
considered to be recent.
Young, William B., Jung E. Park, Iris X. Tian, and Joanna Kemper. "The Stigma of
Migraine." PLOS ONE:. N.p., 16 Jan. 2013. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.
This article is a website based article, although it was found through
finding a hyperlink from a Harvard website. With that being said, this
article provides statistical inference and outlines different types of data

extrapolated from case studies. This article actually goes on to discuss if

migraines themselves are stigmatizing or not.
The data provided by this article will be helpful as it is a case study, not to
mention this article is fairly recent as far as being published. This articles
goes on to discuss as to how the stigma of chronic migraine is similar to
that of patients with epilepsy. The category of not having the ability to
work is also brought forth.