The Challenges of Treating Migraine

Dr. Richard Lipton is professor of neurology, epidemiology, and social medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. It took him about 10 years before he made his own diagnosis of migraine after a decade of being told that I had tension type headaches rather than migraine. The most common trigger that makes patients difficult to treat is overuse of the same medications they're taking to relieve their headache. Stay tuned for our next episode, lifestyle tips for managing migraine.