Scientists discover how to 'switch off' pain of migraines - Telegraph

Oh, and if any of you are migraine sufferers, what my wife and I found that actually worked was Toradol. It's spendy, and not on the list of drugs for which doctors get sent on all expense paid junkets to the Bahamas by drug companies. But push your doctor for it, and try it. Remember, your doctor works for you. They aren't doing you a favor by letting you come to them. And having said that, I must tell you a story:

My wife has fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as a whole list of satellite illnesses that leave her mostly bed-ridden, and in pain. Back around 1993 she began to have a pain in her lower abdomen, which they decided was pre-cancerous polyps on her one remaining ovary. The doctor that first saw her told her that he didn't believe fibromyalgia was a real disease, and was all in the patient's head. My wife came out of the appointment in tears, and told me what he said. I marched up to this doctor, and right in front of everyone, told him that he needed to update his knowledge of medicine, and since he can't seem to grasp recent discoveries and verifications, then we have no use for him. And I told him he was fired. One thing I hate is arrogance. That's something that gets my juices flowing..ooooh.... He called the next day and told me that he had done some studying during the night, and said that he believes fibromyalgia to be a valid disease, and he apologized. And that's the thing with me, if you act like a fool, but later realize you acted like a fool, and you genuinely apologize, the storm clouds break and go away and the blue sky and sunshine come out and all is right with the world. Such is the nature of accepting an apology. I actually really like apologies. I hate conflict. Anyway...

If you have insurance, they cover Toradol. The pills are 10mg, and she would take one at the onset of a migraine. If in one hour it didn't go away, she would take a second. Of course, this hour is spent in a darkened room with quiet and a cool washcloth on her forehead. We went from monthly visits to the hospital, to three years between having to get a shot of demerol. Toradol...a Godsend. And she never took more than the second one. Actually, after three years, we had to go the hospital because the second one didn't work. The next time she had a migraine after that, the first one worked. Go figure. She doesn't get migraines any more. Perhaps they're overshadowed by the chronic sinus infection.