Headache

This collection features AFP content deemed current by the AFP online medical editor on headaches and related issues, including cluster headaches, migraines, tension-type headaches, and treatment of headaches. New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

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Last Update: 05/15/2013

Screening and Diagnosis Prevention Treatment Complications and Special Situations

Editorials and Letters Improving Practice Patient Education, Self-Care Other AFP Content

Screening and Diagnosis

• Approach to Acute Headache in Adults (05/15/2013)
• Diagnosis of Migraine Headache [Point-of-Care Guides] (12/15/2006)
• Evidence-Based Guidelines for Neuroimaging in Patients with Nonacute Headache [Practice Guidelines] (03/15/2005)
• The Patient with Daily Headaches (12/15/2004)

Prevention

• AAN/AHS Update Recommendations for Migraine Prevention in Adults [Practice Guidelines] (04/15/2013)
• Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis [Cochrane for Clinicians] (01/01/2010)
• Medications for Migraine Prophylaxis (01/01/2006)
• Topiramate (Topamax) for Migraine Prevention [STEPS] (10/15/2005)
• Anticonvulsant Medications for Migraine Prevention [Cochrane for Clinicians] (05/01/2005)

Treatment

• Treatment of Acute Migraine Headache (02/01/2011)
• Acupuncture for Pain (09/01/2009)
• Mind-Body Therapies for Headache (11/15/2007)
• Headache (Chronic Tension-Type) [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (07/01/2007)
• Management of Cluster Headache (02/15/2005)
• Tension-Type Headache (09/01/2002)
• Migraine Headache [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (05/01/2002)

Complications and Special Situations

• Migraine Headache in Children [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (12/15/2009)
• Primary Brain Tumors in Adults (05/15/2008)
• Treatment of Migraine Headache in Children and Adolescents [Practice Guidelines] (03/01/2005)
• Headaches in Children and Adolescents (02/15/2002)

Editorials and Letters

• Hard-to-Diagnose Headache: Practical Tips for Diagnosis and Treatment [Editorials] (05/15/2013)
• Responses to Treatment of Acute Migraine Headache Article [Letters to the Editor] (10/01/2011)
• Case Report: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Woman with Migraines [Letters to the Editor] (03/01/2009)

Improving Practice

From Family Practice Management

AAFP's Journal of Practice Improvement

• ICD-9 Codes: Time for the Annual Update (09/01/2008)

Patient Education, Self-Care

From FamilyDoctor.org

AAFP's Patient Education Resource

• Headaches
• Migraines

Other AFP Content

TIPS FROM OTHER JOURNALS

• Is High-Flow Oxygen Effective for Treatment of Cluster Headaches? (08/01/2010)