Comorbidities: The added burden of migraine

Many studies have found that comorbidities such as anxiety, depression, and pain occur at a greater coincidental rate in migraineurs than in the general population.¹ Though migraine comorbidities can complicate diagnosis and treatment, they can also provide insight into the pathophysiology of migraine.¹ 

Nearly 88% of chronic migraine patients have at least one comorbid condition, while 39% of chronic migraine patients have four or more comorbid conditions.² The most common migraine-related comorbidities were characterized by The Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes (CaMEO) study into the subgroups of pain, psychiatric, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases,³ altho