Via practica 4/2006

HEADACHES IN THE GENERAL PRACTIONER´S CLINIC

Readers will gain an uderstending of the basic principles of headache diagnosis and management of primary headaches such as migraine, cluster headache and tension-type headache. They will learn about the acute and preventive pharmacotherapies presently used and different treatment strategies in order to optimize treatment in individual patient. To understand when to involve a neurologist.

Keywords: diagnosis of headache, migraine, cluster headache, tension-type headache.