BPS 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Triptan, Rye Bread, Neuron

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

Document Summary

Metallic tractor pulls out pain (doctrine of humors) Headaches was once believed to be caused by demons. You had that hole in your head for life. The pain is felt in thin tissue surrounding the skull. Muscular : muscle band around skull (stress related) Vascular (3 types: toxic (poison) caused by vasodilation in tissue. Acetic acid: migraine, cluster (only old people get that) Aging adds pain presence of congener severity of hangover. The darker the alcohol the worst your hangover is. Toxic metabolite liver damage some red wines contain histamine. (contains allergic) Histamine (chocolate) also contains phenylethylamine (it triggers some headaches) Seaweed gave food taste back in the day (used as spice) Msg known as kwok syndrome or chinese restaurant syndrome. Some people avoided msg but it does not cause headache. Msg is in everything we buy (prepared foods) Vascular headaches caused by vasal dilation caused by poison. Migraines a migraine headache is a vascular headache.