Mechanism-based Choice of Therapy for Pain: Can Successful Prevention of Migraine be Coupled to a Psychophysical Pain Modulation Profile?

Mechanism-based Choice of Therapy for Pain: Can Successful Prevention of Migraine be Coupled to a Psychophysical Pain Modulation Profile?

Mechanism-based choice of therapy for pain:

Can successful prevention of migraine be coupled to a psychophysical pain modulation profile?

Inclusion Criteria:

• female and male migraine patients with a number of month attacks ≥ 4,
• age 18-75,
• without any other chronic pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• any migraine preventive treatment for last 6 month & psychiatric,
• language or cognitive dysfunction precluding use of psychophysics.