Effective Migraine Treatment in Pregnant and Lactating Women: A Practical Guide

• Main Authors: Bain, Philip A. (Author), Marcus, Dawn. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Family medicine.; Gynecology.; Obstetrics.; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Emergency medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Primary Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-439-5

More than 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches, with migraine affecting nearly one in five women in their reproductive years. Effective Migraine Treatment in Pregnant and Lactating Women: A Practical Guide, provides a comprehensive resource to address diagnosis, testing, and treatment...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding migraine and pregnancy
• Safety rating systems for drugs used in pregnancy and lactation
• Non-pharmacological headache treatments
• Acute treatment options for the pregnant headache patient
• Acute treatment options for the lactating headache patient
• Preventive treatment options for the pregnant headache patient
• Preventive treatment options for the lactating headache patient
• Urgent care/emergency treatment of the acute, severe headache in pregnancy and lactating patients
• Work-up for headache during pregnancy and lactation
• Patient headache resources.