PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - K. M. Hay TI - The treatment of pain trigger areas in migraine DP - 1976 May 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 372--376 VI - 26 IP - 166 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/26/166/372.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/26/166/372.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1976 May 01; 26 AB - In many patients with migraine, several localised areas usually on the scalp or neck can be identified. The local injection of lignocaine one per cent and adrenaline 1/200,000 often leads to considerable relief of the symptoms of migraine including visual phenomena. The common sites of the trigger areas are shown and several uncontrolled case reports of the effect of the treatment are described.