We delve into advanced management of headaches, including novel therapies, migraines with aura, migraines in complicated patients, and headaches of short duration with Dr. Rebecca Burch, a headache medicine specialist at the John R. Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Credits

Written and produced by: Paul Williams MD

Edited by: Matthew Watto MD

Hosts: Paul Williams MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD

Guest: Rebecca Burch MD

Time Stamps

00:00 Disclaimer, intro and guest bio
03:28 Guest one-liner, movie and podcast recommendations, favorite failure and picks of the week from The Curbsiders
10:38 Clinical case of migraines; diagnosis and classification
14:12 Does medication overuse headache exist?
16:16 Chronic daily headache; Conversion from episodic to chronic and vice versa
21:43 Approaches to medication overuse headache
25:54 Case 2: migraine with aura and other types of migraine (retinal, hemiplegic, etc.)
32:09 Pathophysiology of migraine; how triptans work; How should aura effect management?
38:44 Migraine cocktails
41:15 Comorbid mood disorders; Use of psych meds and triptans
45:08 Migraines and oral contraceptives
48:42 Botulinum toxin and new CGRP therapies
53:36 What does success look like in migraine therapy?
55:32 Nonpharmacologic management
60:45 Case 3: headaches of short duration
66:36 Headache red flags; Imaging for headaches; pathophysiology of high and low pressure headaches
72:00 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
75:25 Take home points
77:00 Outro

#122 Headaches Advanced Class

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