This engaging and highly practical title is designed to support healthcare professionals in
providing the best possible care for their patients with migraine. Developed by two leading
authorities in the field who bring wit and warmth to their writing the book combines the
valuable wisdom of their clinical expertise with cutting edge scientific synthesis and helpful
clinical pearls. Replete with a plethora of instructional aids and clinical tools (such as
patient handouts questionnaires checklists video clips and quick-reference boxes)
Discussing Migraine with Your Patients: A Common Sense Guide for Clinicians reviews migraine
treatment in an evidence-based manner -- according to the empirical data and FDA and
consensus-based guidelines. Discussion topics include acute and preventive pharmacotherapy
medical interventions and devices behavioral and psychological nonpharmacologic therapies
education trigger management healthy lifestyle practices stress management neutraceuticals
and alternative medicine offerings. In addition this easy-to-read title covers genetics and
pathophysiology symptoms and comorbidities and a range of essential clinical skills that are
useful in achieving the best possible outcomes with patients. In invaluable addition to the
literature this title will serve as the ultimate go-to resource for primary care clinicians
and trainees. Headache specialists too will find value in this work.
