BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arthur Stoll, Sumatriptan, Prodrome

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Cephalagia: the brain itself does not feel pain, the tissue and skull feel pain (layer of tissue surrounding the skull) Vascular headache: 3 (cid:373)ajor t(cid:455)pes to(cid:454)i(cid:272), (cid:373)igrai(cid:374)e, a(cid:374)d (cid:272)luster. Increased liver function causes acetaminophen toxicity (liver damage) Do(cid:374)(cid:859)t take it for ha(cid:374)go(cid:448)er: caffeine can help reduce the pain, when you know your headache is a vascular headache you can take caffeine and it can help. Phase 1: vasodilation (the blood vessels that surround the tissue get smaller and it involves certain symptoms>>> try and identify pain in this stage so that the pain will go away faster. Phase 2: very painful: migraine initiated by a trigger. Tension, lack of sleep, menstruation, foods, relaxation, too much sleep, pregnancy, drugs, strong smells: migraine headaches follow a progression. The first and second phase will give you a warning so take medication (mood swings)