Module Summary
Dr David Kernick, headache GPSI and RCGP headache champion, answers questions on distinguishing migraine from other types of headache, the use of triptans and diagnosing migraine in children.
Learning Objectives
This module will update your knowledge on migraine, including:
- Questions to ask to try to make the right diagnosis
- Examinations to perform in a patient with suspected migraine
- How to approach prescribing analgesics without risking analgesia-induced headache through medication overuse
- Triptan prescibing
- Prophylaxis medication and second- and third- line medications
Author
Dr David Kernick is a headache GPSI in Exeter and the RCGP clinical champion for headache.
Date module published
First published in Apr 2017. Last updated in April 2023.
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Interesting and useful
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