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Medical management of adult headache. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Apr;47(2):221-37

Date

04/01/2014

Pubmed ID

24680490

DOI

10.1016/j.otc.2013.11.002

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84897032294 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   16 Citations

Abstract

We review the therapies for primary headache disorders: migraine, chronic migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache. Recommendations follow the evidence-based treatments so far as is possible with expert opinion to give clinical guidance. Headache has 2 levels of care: acute treatments designed to stop a headache from progressing and alleviate all symptoms associated with the headache and preventive therapies for patients whose headache frequency is such that by itself produces significant disability and impact on quality of life, or where the frequency of use of acute medications, regardless of efficacy, poses risks in terms of overuse or adverse events.

Author List

Freitag FG, Schloemer F

Author

Fallon C. Schloemer DO Associate Professor in the Neurology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Analgesics
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
Botulinum Toxins, Type A
Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
Headache
Humans
Migraine Disorders
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Tension-Type Headache
Tryptamines