ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2015
Migraine in perimenopausal women.
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- Menopause and neurological disorders: a roadmap for research.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2026Review
- The Neurology of Menopause.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026Review
- Menopause, Perimenopause, and Migraine: Understanding the Intersections and Implications for Treatment.Neurology and therapy · 2025Review
- Male and female sex hormones in primary headaches.The journal of headache and pain · 2018Review
- Estrogen, migraine, and vascular risk.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018Review
- I Ching Balance Acupuncture Treatment of Migraines, Insomnia, and Depression in a Post-Ovariectomy Patient Receiving Hormone Replacement Therapy.Medical acupuncture · 2018Article
- Advances in clinical neurology through the journal "Neurological Sciences" (2015-2016).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017Article
- Migraine during perimenopause.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
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Abstract
Hormonal changes during the reproductive cycle are thought to account for the variation in migraine occurrence and intensity. Although the majority of women and the specialists treating them do not consider migraine as a component of the climacteric syndrome, many women, in fact, do experience migraine during perimenopause. If a woman already suffers from migraine, the attacks often worsen during menopausal transition. Initial onset of the condition during this period is relatively rare. Women with the premenstrual syndrome (PMS) prior to entering menopause are more likely to experience, during late menopausal transition, an increased prevalence of migraine attacks. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be initiated during the late premenopausal phase and the first years of postmenopause to relieve climacteric symptoms. The effect of HRT on migraine, either as a secondary effect of the therapy or as a preventive measure against perimenopausal migraine, has been variously investigated. HRT preparations should be administered continuously, without intervals, to prevent sudden estrogen deprivation and the migraine attacks that will ensue. Wide varieties of formulations, both systemic and topical, are available. Treatment with transdermal patches and estradiol-based gels is preferable to oral formulations as they maintain constant blood hormone levels. Natural menopause is associated with a lower incidence of migraine as compared with surgical menopause; data on the role of hysterectomy alone or associated with ovariectomy in changing the occurrence of migraine are till now unclear.
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