Pharmacological Management of Headaches

Pharmacological Management of Headaches edited by Dimos D. Mitsikostas, Koen Paemeleire.

In this book, headache experts summarize all the currently available therapies for primary headaches and, most importantly, describe the ‘tricks’ that can ensure the success of headache pharmacotherapy. Prevention and acute treatment of migraine and cluster headache receive particular attention, and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mitsikostas, Dimos D. (Editor), Paemeleire, Koen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Headache,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Internal medicine.
Neurology .
Pharmacotherapy.
Pain medicine.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Headache classification
  • 2 Epidemiology of headache disorders
  • 3 General principles of pharmacotherapy for headache disorders
  • 4 Placebo and nocebo effects
  • 5 Review of existing guidelines
  • 6 Acute migraine treatment
  • 7 Preventive (episodic) migraine treatment
  • 8 Drug treatment for chronic migraine
  • 9 Drug treatment for episodic and chronic tension-type headache (TTH)
  • 10 Cluster headache: acute and transitional treatment
  • 11 Cluster headache: preventive treatment
  • 12 Pharmacotherapy for other primary headache disorders
  • 13 Pharmacotherapy for primary headache disorders in children
  • 14 Pharmacological strategies in the prevention of migraine in children
  • 15 Pharmacotherapy for primary headache disorders during pregnancy and lactation
  • 16 Pharmacotherapy for primary headache disorders in the elderly
  • 17 Acute and chronic posttraumatic headache
  • 18 Headache attributed to low and increased CSF pressure
  • 19 Medication-overuse headache
  • 20 Painful cranial neuropathies
  • 21 Dental and Musculoskeletal Pain
  • 22 Post-traumatic neuropathies and Burning mouth syndrome.

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