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Cluster Headache
Summary of cluster headache characteristics and update on abortive treatments utilizing first-line and second-line medications.
Vitamin D Levels In Pain and Headache Patients
Ongoing studies implicate low vitamin D levels with many disease states, including pain and headaches, and so it is prudent to normalize a patient's vitamin D serum level.
Treating Myofacial and Other Idiopathic Head and Neck Pain
Article discusses how neuromuscular dentistry looks at the system as a whole—including teeth and bones—together with a comprehensive evaluation of the musculature involved.
Chaos (Nonlinear Dynamics) and Migraine
By affecting chaotic (nonlinear) controls, new therapies may be employed that use less drug in the migraine cascade than is currently required.
Refractory Chronic Migraine
For many patients, refractory chronic migraines can be disabling and debilitating. Treating these patients may require a combination of therapeutic approaches.
Headache in Children and Adolescents
A multidisciplinary approach
Efficacy of Stimulants in Migraineurs with Comorbidities
Stimulants may be beneficial for chronic migraine patients presenting with various comorbidities such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression and fatigue.
Long-Acting Opioids for Refractory Chronic Migraine
Study results for a group of difficult-to-treat migraineurs provide a basis for determining efficacy and guidelines for the use of long-term opioids in this population.
Dextrose Prolotherapy for Recurring Headache and Migraine Pain
This retrospective case series study revealed that Hackett-Hemwall dextrose prolotherapy appears to provide an effective, long-lasting treatment for recurring tension and migraine headache pain and their associated symptoms.
Preventive Medications for Chronic Daily Headache
A review of long-term continuation rates of daily preventive medications for chronic daily headache (CDH).
Tension Headaches
While tension headaches are more prevalent in patients, there is often a presumptive migraine diagnosis due to the severity of pain, a migraine-centric focus, or the cross-over dental/medical nature of tension headaches themselves.
Personality Disorders in Migraineurs
With a higher than normal prevalence of moderate or severe personality disorder in patients who have migraines, recognizing the disorder allows alteration of both goals and approach.
Management of Chronic Headache
A review of assessment and treatment of outpatient chronic headache patients along with a commentary on aggravating and mitigating factors.
IV Ketamine Effect on Post-Concussional Migraine
Outpatient intravenous ketamine treatment of CRPS-Type 1 simultaneously eradicated post-concussional migraine in patient.
Chronic Daily Headache