Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss migraine in pregnancy and breastfeeding. A patient discusses her experience of migraine in pregnancy.

Does migraine get better or worse in pregnancy? What treatment options are available?  Is there any supplements that could help? Learn all in this episode.

Further information can be found here:

https://www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk/migraine-and-headaches/migraine-and-headache-factsheets/migraine-in-pregnancy/

https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/Medicine--pregnancy/

https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/contact-us/helplines/

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss injection therapies used for migraine prevention with special guest, Headache Specialist Dr Naz Manukyan.

Learn more about Greater Occipital Nerve Block and Botox for migraine.  Find out what these injection therapies are, how they are administered and how they work. Also hear a patient story on their experience trying both of these therapies.

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Botox Factsheet: https://bit.ly/3cjUkuW

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss Cluster Headache with special guest Professor Paul Booton.

What is Cluster Headache?  How does it differ from migraine and what treatment options are available for this extremely painful condition? Find out all in this episode.

Val Hobbs, trustee of the Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache, shares her experiences and discusses the services OUCH provides for Cluster Headache sufferers.  

https://ouchuk.org/

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe speak with Dr Mark Weatherall, Dr Katherine Foxhall and Iszi Lawrence on the past, present and future of migraine.

Learn what unusual migraine treatments were used in the past, what options are available currently and what the future holds for migraine. Also hear how attitudes have changed towards migraine  over the years.

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For the 1st episode of Series 2 Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe speak with Professor Anne MacGregor about everything related to hormones and migraine.

Learn about changes at puberty, contraception, menstrual vs menstrually-related migraine, the peri-menopause, the menopause and more.

For additional information see The British Menopause Society website: https://thebms.org.uk/

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This is the Christmas Special Episode of our Heads Up Podcast.

Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe debug various myths about migraine.

The episode also features special guest, Dr Sarah Miller, a consultant neurologist and together with our hosts answer the questions we have received from our listeners.

Get information on the using of CBD oil, Botox, probiotics, infusion therapies, the new CGRP drugs and preventative medications for migraine management and if, and how they work.

This is the last episode of Series 1. We will be back next year for Series 2 in January. 

We wish all our listeners a relaxing and enjoyable Festive Break and a Happy New Year!

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss migraine in children and adolescents. Special guest Dr Heather Angus-Leppan, Consultant Neurologist, shares her expertise. Also, children share their experiences with migraine.

See our factsheet for further information: https://bit.ly/2OeDBzv

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss vestibular migraine and interview special guest physiotherapist Lisa Burrows.

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss acute treatments and medication overuse headache (MOH). Special guest Dr Naz Manukyan adds her expertise on MOH.

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Dr Katy Munro and Dr Jessica Briscoe discuss migraine prevention, specifically looking at different preventative medications available.

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