Navigating Treatment Decisions, Complications for Chronic Migraine

Treating chronic migraine can be a challenge for some clinicians, and usually will involve both drug and non-drug options. Medication overuse headache, which occurs when acute treatments such as triptans or over-the-counter painkillers are taken on too many days of the month, is experienced by nearly two-thirds of patients with chronic migraine. These patients also have a range of preventive options, from beta-blockers, tricyclic antidepressants, anti-epilepsy drugs, and blood pressure tablet candesartan; however, the access to preventives only comes after patients have failed other treatments.

Recently, NeurologyLive® sat down with Dolores Santamaria, MD, director of the headache center at Allegheny Health Network, to discuss some of the successful approaches to treating chronic migraine, and the complications that come with it. She provided perspective on challenges with insurance, the need to treat whole-body and not just migraine, and the steps taken when treatments are ineffective.

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Is the reluctance to implement this simple change have anything to do with the loss of a patient along with the income they bring?