title: Migraine diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Migraine is a prevalent condition that causes significant disability in otherwise healthy persons. Diagnosis is clinical, based on recognition of a constellation of signs and symptoms. Treatment includes nonpharmacologic management, including lifestyle alterations,abortive treatment of individual attacks, and preventive medications for patients with frequent or troublesome attacks. Guidelines are available that summarize the quality of evidence for individual interventions, but treatment must be individualized.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. eloder@partners.org
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loder
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics