Treating Migraine During Pregnancy

The experience of having migraine can be brutal and many pregnant women struggle without treatment because of the risk some medications pose to their pregnancy.

To better understand how migraine is – and can be – treated during pregnancy, a group of researchers with the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute Headache Center explored current practices to chart a course for future care. The results were published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.

“Migraine treatment during pregnancy can be challenging for many reasons. We know some women receive all aspects of care – including primary care, obstetrical/gynecological and migraine care – from their women’s healthcare provider, but we know very little about how these providers approach migraine treatment during pregnancy,” notes Allison Verhaak, PhD, a clinical health psychologist with the Headache Center and part of a research team that included Headache Center Director Brian Grosberg, MD.

Learn more about what they found here.