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Jung Wook Park 2 Articles
보툴리눔 독소 A의 통증 완화 기전
Gyoung Im Suh, Jung Wook Park
Korean J Headache. 2011;12(1):16-20.   Published online June 30, 2011
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The aim of this paper is to review mechanism of action of botulinum toxin A in pain relief. Botulinum toxin A used as treatment for various conditions related to excessive muscle spasm. However, desirable effect of botulinum toxin for pain has been detected in a way to treat disease with myogenic condition and now it has been tried for management of myofascial pain, low back pain and various types of headaches, including migraine. Recent studies suggested possibility of botulinum toxin in pain reduction through central pathway.
편두통 치료의 과학적 근거: 급성 및 예방 치료
Jung Wook Park
Korean J Headache. 2010;11(1):17-22.   Published online June 30, 2010
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The aim of this paper is to review the advancement in pharmacotherapy of migraine in parallel with understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease. Currently, migraine treatment are classified as acute attack and preventive therapies. The acute attack treatment is based on the fact that the migraine pain develops from nociceptive activation of trigeminal cranial afferents. In addition to recent review of triptans, specific agents with trigeminovascular pro- perties, recent development of acute treatment, CGRP receptor and glutamate antagonist, will be discussed. Till now, the exact mechanism of migraine preventive drugs is still unraveled. Recent study shows that most of preventive drugs are effective in reducing cortical spreading depression, corresponding to migraine aura. Newly introduced gap junction blocker, tonabersat, and glutamate antagonist would help for more sussessful management of migraine.

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