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Management of Headache and Headache Medications
by Lawrence D. Robbins, 217 pp, ISBN 0-387-94040-5, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag NY Inc, 1994.
Robert Smith, MD, Reviewer
University of Cincinnati Headache Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(8):733.
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This single-authored volume is written for primary care physicians who treat headache patients and is a welcome addition to the recent publications on the subject that have been more focused on the needs of headache specialists. Robbins writes in a clear and straightforward manner and unabashedly offers his own personal views on headache management based on his experience as a practicing neurologist. For those seeking advice on office-based headache diagnosis and treatment, his views are worth having. There are many "pearls" for the busy practitioner. This is not a "cookbook" approach; the emphasis is on dealing with each patient as a unique clinical challenge and with each headache treatment as a delicate art.
Migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache are dealt with in considerable detail. Following details on diagnosis, therapies are presented in a logical stepwise fashion, divided into first, second, and third lines
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