Complementary and alternative medicine use for headache and migraine: A critical review of the literature

Headache

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-473

  Adams, Jon ^a   Barbery, Gaery ^b   Lui, Chi Wai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; headache; migraine; prevalence; review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIPYRONE; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; SUMATRIPTAN SUCCINATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CINAHL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; DROWSINESS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPISODIC MIGRAINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; MIGRAINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER REVIEW; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875269633     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02271.x     Document Type: Review

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