Ha! It is as I thought...
Sep. 1st, 2010 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ilex_cassineI have had a notion about migraines for a while that they were caused by too much glutamate building up in the brain and that migraine sufferers probably have a problem clearing the stimulating chemical out. I thought this in part because MSG is a very common trigger, but other trigger foods (aged cheese, etc.) are also usually high in glutamate as well, and also because there is a "wave" of stimulation that happens in the brain with migraines, so a stimulating chemical seemed like a probable culprit there.
Turns out- I was right!! ETA: Well, at least that glutamate is a critical player. The exact mechanisms still aren't known.
I really think the key to a good migraine drug is going to be one that blocks or removes excess glutamate which will keep it from messing with our brains. There is a drug for alcoholism that supposedly has effects on glutamate levels, and I really wish that it would get into trials for migraines.
I am so excited that there might be a real solution, a real one, not just treating the symptoms solution to migraines coming up soon, there is so much good research appearing lately. A real solution would change my life.
Turns out- I was right!! ETA: Well, at least that glutamate is a critical player. The exact mechanisms still aren't known.
I really think the key to a good migraine drug is going to be one that blocks or removes excess glutamate which will keep it from messing with our brains. There is a drug for alcoholism that supposedly has effects on glutamate levels, and I really wish that it would get into trials for migraines.
I am so excited that there might be a real solution, a real one, not just treating the symptoms solution to migraines coming up soon, there is so much good research appearing lately. A real solution would change my life.
