WHO OR WHAT ARE THE MAIN SOURCES OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT MIGRAINE?
Unfortunately, the main sources of misinformation include not only non-medical publications such as women’s magazines, fiction novels, and medically-based TV news shows and dramas, but by medical community itself (including both physicians and drug companies) that disseminates incorrect and outdated material, or that decide to still use old information or ideas despite new information. One reason that misinformation is reported in women’s magazines and elsewhere is due to poor research or the propensity to fail to distinguish between the causes and treatment of Migraine vs. tension headache, as the two had been historically lumped together (which is one reason one often reads that stress and caffeine are triggers for Migraine, when in fact they are primary triggers for tension headache instead.) In addition, many physicians simply do not have updated information about Migraine. For example, the average physicians PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) is 7 years old. Luckily, medical conferen
