Relieving Migraine Headache Pain with Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation

If you suffer from migraine headaches, you are not alone. In fact, the National Institutes of Health reports that around 12 percent of the U.S. population gets them.

Migraine headaches are recurring attacks of pain that people experience which range from moderate to severe, including pain throbs or pulses. Many things trigger migraine headaches, including anxiety, stress, exposure to light, and even a lack of sleep or food.

Relieving Migraine Headache Pain

There’s a new non-invasive device that may help people prevent migraines by using it just 20 minutes per day. In the May 2017 issue of the journal Neurological Sciences, researchers share information about a preliminary trial on  from the International Headache Society showed that 29% of patients were pain-free and 79% of patients achieved “significant pain relief” after one hour, compared to 6% and 39% in the placebo group respectively.

Acute Migraine Therapy

Cephaly offers those with migraines a tool that offers the benefits of preventing pain, is non-invasive and doesn’t use drug therapy. The Cefaly device is also safe, offering the best safety efficacy ratio compared to anti-migraine oral medication. By delivering precise micro-pulses to the trigeminal nerve, it is able to reduce migraines. This form of treatment has been used in numerous clinical studies since 2008, showing that it’s safe and effective.

The device has been used successfully for those with episodic migraines, but there is no data as of yet for those with chronic migraines. Episodic migraines are experienced less than 14 days per month, while chronic migraines are characterized as occurring 15 days or more per month, for more than a three-month period.

This is great news for those who have experienced migraines and would like to avoid medications. The device is small, easy to use, and preliminary studies show promising results.