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- Title
Alcoholic beverages as trigger factor and the effect on alcohol consumption behavior in patients with migraine.
- Authors
Onderwater, G. L. J.; Oosterhout, W. P. J.; Schoonman, G. G.; Ferrari, M. D.; Terwindt, G. M.
- Abstract
Background and purpose: Alcoholic beverages are frequently reported migraine triggers. We aimed to assess self‐reported alcohol consumption as a migraine attack trigger and to investigate the effect on alcohol consumption behavior in a large migraine cohort. Methods: We conducted a cross‐sectional, web‐based, questionnaire study among 2197 patients with migraine from the well‐defined Leiden University MIgraine Neuro‐Analysis (LUMINA) study population. We assessed alcoholic beverage consumption and self‐reported trigger potential, reasons behind alcohol abstinence and time between alcohol consumption and migraine attack onset. Results: Alcoholic beverages were reported as a trigger by 35.6% of participants with migraine. In addition, over 25% of patients with migraine who had stopped consuming or never consumed alcoholic beverages did so because of presumed trigger effects. Wine, especially red wine (77.8% of participants), was recognized as the most common trigger among the alcoholic beverages. However, red wine consistently led to an attack in only 8.8% of participants. Time of onset was rapid (<3 h) in one‐third of patients and almost 90% had an onset <10 h independent of beverage type. Conclusions: Alcoholic beverages, especially red wine, are recognized as a migraine trigger factor by patients with migraine and have a substantial effect on alcohol consumption behavior. Rapid onset of provoked migraine attacks in contrast to what is known about hangover headache might point to a different mechanism. The low consistency of provocation suggests that alcoholic beverages acting as a singular trigger is insufficient and may depend on a fluctuating trigger threshold.
- Subjects
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT te Leiden; ALCOHOL drinking; ALCOHOLIC beverages
- Publication
European Journal of Neurology, 2019, Vol 26, Issue 4, p588
- ISSN
1351-5101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ene.13861