title: Management of primary headache: serendipity and science.
abstract: Most patients find some relief with current agents, even though a poor understanding of the causes of chronic primary headache limits prophylaxis and treatment. The author reviews current preventive and treatment strategies for migraine, chronic tension headache, cluster headache, and substance withdrawal headache.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Scientific Affairs, US Human Health, Merck and Company, Inc, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000188:drug therapy; D014481:United States; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents