Pharmacological Management of Headaches

1. Front Matter

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2. Headache Classification

   • Vera V. Osipova

   Pages 1-6

3. Epidemiology of Headache

   • Ugur Uygunoglu, Aksel Siva

   Pages 7-18

4. General Principles of Pharmacotherapy for Headache Disorders

   • Luana Lionetto, Andrea Negro, Paolo Martelletti

   Pages 19-29

5. Placebo and Nocebo Effects

   • Dimos D. Mitsikostas, Christina I. Deligianni

   Pages 31-43

6. Review of Existing Guidelines

   • Stefan Evers

   Pages 45-52

7. Treatment of Acute Migraine Attacks

   • Lars Edvinsson

   Pages 53-62

8. Preventive Episodic Migraine Treatment

   • Anna Ambrosini, Jean Schoenen

   Pages 63-79

9. Drug Treatment for Chronic Migraine

   • Hans-Christoph Diener

   Pages 81-87

10. Drug Treatment for Episodic and Chronic Tension-Type Headache

    • Lars Bendtsen, Sait Ashina

    Pages 89-99

11. Cluster Headache: Acute and Transitional Treatment

    • Peter J. Goadsby

    Pages 101-108

12. Cluster Headache: Preventative Treatment

    • Sarah Miller, Manjit S. Matharu

    Pages 109-120

13. Pharmacotherapy for Other Primary Headache Disorders

    • Nuria Riesco, Carmen García-Cabo, Julio Pascual

    Pages 121-130

14. Acute Treatment for Primary Headache Disorders in Children

    • Çiçek Wöber-Bingöl

    Pages 131-143

15. Pharmacological Strategies in the Prevention of Migraine in Children

    • Valentina Baglioni, Vincenzo Guidetti

    Pages 145-154

16. Pharmacological Management of Migraine in Pregnancy

    • E. Anne MacGregor

    Pages 155-166

17. Pharmacotherapy for Primary Headache Disorders in the Elderly

    • Andreas Straube

    Pages 167-177

18. Pharmacological Treatment of Acute and Chronic Post-traumatic Headache

    • Rigmor Højland Jensen

    Pages 179-188

19. Headache Attributed to Intracranial Hypertension and Hypotension

    • Jan Hoffmann

    Pages 189-205

20. Medication-Overuse Headache (MOH)

    • Zaza Katsarava

    Pages 207-222

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 individual chapters are devoted to the treatment of primary headaches in special groups, i.e. children, pregnant women and the elderly. Further chapters focus on selected secondary headache disorders and cranial neuralgias for which pharmacotherapy is available. The book is designed to meet the daily practice needs of general physicians, general neurologists, neurologists in training and medical students. Headache remains a leading reason for people to seek medical consultation, and migraine and other primary headache disorders are classified by the WHO as among the most disabling medical conditions in the general population, often affecting individuals during their most productive years. Unfortunately, under treatment and mismanagement are the fate of many headache patients and this book provides a sound basis for optimizing treatment.

• Cephalic pain treatment
• Cluster headache
• Facial pain
• Headache guidelines
• Headache pharmacotherapy
• Medication-overuse headache
• Migraine
• Neuralgia
• Placebo and nocebo effects
• Primary headache
• Secondary headache
• pharmacotherapy

“The purpose is to present the current thinking about the therapeutic management of headache disorders and facial pain. This book has valuable information for clinicians worldwide who care for patients presenting with headache and facial pain. … This is a well-organized and comprehensive approach to the pharmacological treatment and prevention options available to clinicians caring for patients with headaches.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2015)

• Department of Neurology, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece

  Dimos D. Mitsikostas

• Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

  Koen Paemeleire

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