METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTATIVE MIGRAINE HEADACHE TREATMENT
Migraine headaches are inhibited by positioning an electromagnetic field generator adjacent a patient's head. An electromagnetic field from the electromagnetic field generator with an intensity in the range from 0.85 Tesla to 1.3 Tesla is directed at the patient's head for a time in the ranges from 0.001 second to 1 second. The treatments are repeated in a time pattern selected to inhibit the onset of migraine headaches and other manifestations in the patient.
1 . A method of inhibiting onset of a migraine headache of a patient, the method comprising:
(a) positioning an electromagnetic field generator adjacent the patient's head; and
(b) directing a single pulse of prophylactic electromagnetic field with an intensity in the range from 0.85 Tesla to 1.3 Tesla for a time in the range from 0.001 second to 1 second from the electromagnetic field generator toward the patient's head; and
repeating steps (a) and (b) no more often than every 3 hours and no less often than every 24 hours, wherein steps (a) and (b) are repeated regardless of the patient's symptom's to inhibit the onset of a migraine headache in the patient, wherein a frequency of migraine headaches experienced by the patient while repeating steps (a) and (b) is reduced by at least 25% when compared to a frequency of migraine headaches experienced by the patient while not repeating steps (a) and (b).
2 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein repeating steps (a) and (b) comprises repeating steps (a) and (b) no more often than every 6 hours and no less often than every 24 hours.
3 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein repeating steps (a) and (b) comprises repeating steps (a) and (b) no more often than every 12 hours and no less often than every 24 hours.
4 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein repeating steps (a) and (b) comprises repeating steps (a) and (b) daily.
5 . A method as in claim 1 , further comprising directing a therapeutic electromagnetic field toward the patient's head whenever the patient feels the onset of a migraine headache in addition to repeating steps (a) and (b).
6 . A method as in claim 5 , wherein the therapeutic electromagnetic field directed at the patient's head whenever the patient feels the onset of a migraine headache has an intensity in the range from 0.85 Tesla to 1.3 Tesla for a time in the range from 0.001 second to 1 second.
7 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein the patient self-administers the prophylactic electromagnetic field.
8 . A method as in claim 7 , wherein the patient holds the electromagnetic field generator while delivering the prophylactic electromagnetic field
9 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein the frequency of migraine headaches experienced by the patient while repeating steps (a) and (b) is reduced by at least 50%.
10 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein the frequency of migraine headaches experienced by the patient while repeating steps (a) and (b) is reduced by at least 60%.