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Acute treatment for migraine attacks

March 15th 2023 Migraine is such a common disease, you’d expect all health professionals would know the best treatments and how to manage acute attacks. Unfortunately, this often isn’t the case. Migraine is Read more

Phases of a migraine attack

February 28th 2023 We’ve become more familiar with the phrase ‘Migraine is more than just a headache’ but what does that mean, exactly? In one sense, it means that the type of headache experienced during a Read more

A positive response from Pharmac

February 20th 2023 On 20 January 2023, we sent Pharmac a letter, signed by all four of New Zealand’s headache specialists, raising concerns about its slow handling of the funding application for erenumab (Aimovig), t Read more

What’s wrong with Will Jordan having 'a migraine'?

February 16th 2023 What a week! No sooner did the wrath of Cyclone Gabrielle move away from Aotearoa leaving devastation in its wake, than Kiwis were hit with the news that All Blacks and Crusader Will Jordan will miss Read more

Feeling judged or misunderstood by your partner because of migraine

February 14th 2023 It’s bad enough living with a chronic neurological condition that causes unpredictable attacks of pain, nausea, fatigue and brain dysfunction for no apparent reason. It’s even worse when the peop Read more

The three blobs of our logo

January 31st 2023 If you’ve ever wondered why there are three overlapping blobby ovals in the Migraine Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand (MFANZ) logo, we have a variety of explanations. The main phases of migraine Read more

Pharmac goes around in circles on Aimovig funding application

January 20th 2023 If you know anything about innovations in migraine treatment, you would have heard of the new migraine-specific medications for prevention of migraine – calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) Read more

Holidays start – and along comes a migraine attack

December 16th 2022 It’s a familiar story – the end of the year, finishing up at work, rushing around to prepare for Christmas, packing up for a holiday away, then finally, you can relax and enjoy a break. Except Read more

The power of a crystal-clear day

December 12th 2022 Migraine attacks come in phases for many people. They start with a constellation of possible symptoms, from fatigue, neck stiffness, yawning, sensitivity to light, sound, touch and smell, food Read more

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