Migraine-Related Vertigo: Eight Years of Experience with Pharmacologic Prophyilaxis

In 2001, our dizziness unit elaborated a diagnostic-therapeutic protocol for patients affected by migraine-related vertigo (MRV). This protocol contemplated the selection from March 2001 to December 2009 of 98 patients affected by MRV out of 1357 consecutive patients who came to our dizziness unit and the administration of pharmacologic prophylaxis. The results obtained constitute the object of this prospective, observational study. The efficacy of a 6-month treatment was registered by the patients by means of a self-assessment questionnaire where the results were divided into 5 categories, and, in case of patients with recurrent vertiginous attack, we recorded the percentage of the reduction in the frequency of the attacks. Of the sixty-four patients who completed the treatment, 43 (67.2%) reported complete resolution or substantial control, and, of the 57 patients suffering from recurrent vertigo attacks, 44 (77.2%) reported a reduction in the frequency of the attacks of at least 50%.