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01-06-2015 | Letter to the Editor
Trends in the Management of Headache
Authors:
John N. Mafi, MD, Samuel T. Edwards, MD, Nigel P. Pedersen, MB, BS, Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, MSc
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 6/2015
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Excerpt
The Authors’ Reply—We thank Dr. Solomon for his interest in our study assessing national trends in headache management and for raising important questions about the usefulness of lifestyle modification counseling. As noted, we found a decline in first-line recommended lifestyle modification counseling for headache over the past decade, contrary to prominent headache guidelines.
1 For instance, guidelines from the American College of Physicians suggest that physicians encourage their patients to identify and avoid specific dietary, behavioral, and environmental triggers for migraine headache.
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