Taking care of the challenging tension headache patient

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 444-450

  Mathew, Paul G ^a   Mathew, Treasa ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortive treatment; Acupuncture; Botulinum toxin; Care; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; ICHD classification; Injectable therapies; Migraine; Nerve block; Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Pain intensity; Patient; Pharmacologic treatment; Prevention; Probable migraine; Tension type headache; Tetracyclic antidepressants; Tricyclic antidepressants; Triptans

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NAPROXEN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARACETAMOL; PRILOCAINE; PROPRANOLOL; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TENSION HEADACHE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 81155152458     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0223-1     Document Type: Review

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