Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance
- Guidance:
- Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management
- Date issued:
Research recommendations coming out of this guidance
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Amitriptyline to prevent recurrent migraine:- Is amitriptyline a clinically and cost effective prophylactic treatment for recurrent migraine?
- Pizotifen to prevent recurrent migraine:- Is pizotifen a clinically and cost effective prophylactic treatment for recurrent migraine?
- Topiramate to prevent recurrent cluster headache:- Is topiramate a clinically and cost effective prophylactic treatment for recurrent cluster headache?
- Psychological interventions to manage chronic headache disorders:- Does a psychological intervention such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) improve headache outcomes and quality of life for people with chronic headache disorders?
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Pharmacological treatments for headache prophylaxis to aid withdrawal treatment in medication overuse
headache:- Does a course of steroid treatment or pharmacological treatments used for headache prophylaxis help people with medication overuse headaches withdraw from medication?