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There's More to Migraine Than Just Pain



Migraine Patients May Experience Varying Elements of the Symptom Complex

The International Headache Society (IHS), an organization of headache experts, classifies migraine based on this symptom complex.1

There's More to Migrain Than Just Pain

In addition, a correlation between pain severity and the occurrence of associated symptoms is found in some population-based studies.2

1. Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders: second edition.
    Cephalalgia. 2004;24(suppl 1):1–140.
2. Silberstein SD. Migraine symptoms: results of a survey of self-reported migraineurs. Headache. 1995;35:387–396.

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