Headaches & Pain
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Acute headache: diagnosisAnti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies for prevention of migraine
Benign paroxysmal vertigo
Epidemiology of headache
Headache guidelines
Headache in children: overview and treatment approaches
Indomethacin-responsive headache syndromes
Migraine: psychiatric comorbidities
Neuroimaging of headache
Psychological factors and headache
Migraine
Abdominal migraineHemiplegic migraine
Late-life migrainous accompaniments
Migraine
Migraine and epilepsy
Migraine aura without headache
Migraine in childhood
Migraine with brainstem aura
Migraine: clinical aspects
Migrainous infarction
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy
Retinal migraine
Status migrainosus
Vestibular migraine
Migraine-like Headaches
Chronic daily headacheCluster headache
Hemicrania continua
Hypnic headache
Paroxysmal hemicrania
Primary headache associated with sexual activity
SUNCT syndrome
Other Headaches
Eye-related headacheHeadache associated with acute substance use or exposure
Headache associated with cervical spine dysfunction
Headache associated with HIV and AIDS
Headache associated with intracranial infection
Headache associated with intracranial neoplasms
Headache associated with ischemic cerebrovascular disease
Headache associated with low CSF pressure
Headache associated with neurologic deficits and CSF lymphocytosis
Headache attributed to disorder of homeostasis
Headache attributed to head trauma
Headache in transplant patients
Medication overuse headache
Medications and substances causing headache
New daily persistent headache
Pain, headache, and oromandibular structures
Primary cough headache
Primary exercise headache
Primary stabbing headache
Rhinosinus-related headache
Susac syndrome
Tension-type headache
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
Pain
Back painBack pain in children
Brachial plexus injuries
Cancer pain
Central neuropathic pain
Chronic pain
Complex regional pain syndrome
Erythromelalgia
Femoral neuropathy
Fibromyalgia
Lumbosacral plexus injuries
Myofascial pain syndrome
Neuralgic amyotrophy
Neuropathic pain: treatment
Neurovascular injuries
Otalgia
Pain
Pain, headache, and oromandibular structures
Painful ophthalmoplegia
Peripheral nerve injuries
Peroneal neuropathy
Phantom limb pain
Radial neuropathy
Sciatic neuropathy
Small fiber neuropathies
Suprascapular neuropathy
Thoracic disc prolapse
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Tibial nerve injuries
Trigeminal neuralgia and other cranial neuralgias
Ulnar neuropathies
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
Treatment Information
AcupunctureAcupuncture in headache treatment
Anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies for prevention of migraine
Chiropractic manipulation: neurologic complications
Dihydroergotamine
Neurosurgical management of chronic pain
Pregabalin
Sumatriptan
Tapentadol
Triptans
Valproic acid
Ziconotide
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Alternating hemiplegia of childhoodHeadache associated with hormonal fluctuations
Headache associated with illicit drug use
Sleep and headaches
Forum
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News
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Jan 02, 2020
A prospective, multicentric study indicates a new feature of cluster headache attacks.
Migraine headaches? Consider aspirin for treatment and prevention
Dec 03, 2019
Findings suggest that high-dose aspirin is an effective and safe treatment option for acute migraine headaches.
New migraine medications could endanger patients with high blood pressure
Nov 26, 2019
Caution required with migraine medications and chronic high blood pressure.
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Chiari malformation
Cluster headache
Complementary and alternative medicine
Complex regional pain syndrome
Headache
Malformaciones de Chiari (Spanish)
Medicina complementaria y alternativa (Spanish)
Neuralgia del trigemino (Spanish)
Pain
SÃndrome de dolor regional complejo (Spanish)
Temporomandibular disorders
Trigeminal neuralgia
Guidelines
AAN: Assessing patients in a neurology practice for risk of falls
AAN: Botulinum neurotoxin in thetreatment of autonomic disorders and pain
AAN: Diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
AAN: EEG in the Evaluation of Headache
AAN: Headache
AAN: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults
AAN: Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in the treatment of pain in neurologic disorders
AAN: Use of epidural steroid injections to treat radicular lumbosacral pain
ACR appropriatenesscriteria: headache in children
Quality Measures
AAN: Primary headache quality measures
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Guidelines
AAN: EEG in the Evaluation of Headache
AAN: Headache
Clinical Trials
NIH: Chronic Pain
NIH: Neuropathic Pain
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