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Dr. Ming Kao

Pain physician & PhD statistician

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Tag: Migraines

February 26, 2019 Gentle pain treatments / Headache & migraines

Anti-CGRP therapy: A new treatment for migraines

CGRP plays a key role in central chronic pain by mediating “neurogenic inflammation”. In this process, sensory nerves which usually

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October 28, 2018 Headache & migraines

Why do some medications cause more headaches: Medication overuse headache

Headache medications taken too regularly can paradoxically cause a new headache, called medication overuse headache (MOH), that is constant, over

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August 23, 2018 Gentle pain treatments / Headache & migraines

How to treat chronic migraines with Botox

Botox injections once every 3 months can help reduce migraine sufferers by reducing headache frequency & severity. The Protocol Botox

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Dr. Ming Kao is a Harvard-trained computational biologist and a double board-certified Pain Medicine as well as Rehabilitation physician. He is the Clinic Chief at Stanford Pain.

Opinions are Dr. Kao’s only, and are not medical advice. Dr. Kao receives no industry support.

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