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Pharmacological Management of Headaches

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Editors:
  1. Dimos D. Mitsikostas

    1. Department of Neurology, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece

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  2. Koen Paemeleire

    1. Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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  • Provides practice-oriented guidance, with tips and tricks from experienced headache specialists
  • Covers treatment in special patient groups
  • Endorsed by the European Headache Federation, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the lives of headache sufferers in Europe

Part of the book series: Headache (HEAD)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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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
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“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)

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Dimos D. Mitsikostas

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

    Koen Paemeleire

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pharmacological Management of Headaches

  • Editors: Dimos D. Mitsikostas, Koen Paemeleire

  • Series Title: Headache

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19911-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19910-8Published: 08 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36376-9Published: 01 November 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19911-5Published: 26 August 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2197-652X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6538

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Neurology, Pharmacotherapy, Pain Medicine

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