Daniele Martinelli, Maria Magdalena Pocora, Cristina Tassorelli
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Abstract
The acute treatment of migraine attacks should provide rapid, effective, and long-lasting symptom relief, causing minimal adverse effects. For this purpose, there are several specific and nonspecific acute treatments. In this chapter, we focus on molecules not specifically designed for migraines, including anti-inflammatory not specific analgesics, such as acetaminophen, acetylsalicylic acid, and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (or COX-2 inhibitors); antinausea medications like metoclopramide or prochlorperazine, which can alleviate sickness and vomiting associated with migraines, and may also have a direct painkiller effect; combinations of simple analgesics or association of a painkiller with caffeine. This stimulant can help enhance the pain-relieving effects of some headache medications and provide its own analgesic effect; physical approaches: applying cold packs or heating pads on the forehead or neck, can help relieve migraine pain; other classes with limited to no evidence to support their use, such as intravenous corticosteroids or antiepileptic drugs as sodium valproate. Finally, we will briefly mention opioids, barbiturates, or medical cannabis, bearing in mind that their use is not recommended by current guidelines.
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The Handbook of Clinical Neurology (HCN) was originally conceived and edited by Pierre Vinken and George Bruyn as a prestigious, multivolume reference work that would cover all the disorders encountered by clinicians and researchers engaged in neurology and allied fields. The first series of the Handbook (Volumes 1-44) was published between 1968 and 1982 and was followed by a second series (Volumes 45-78), guided by the same editors, which concluded in 2002. By that time, the Handbook had come to represent one of the largest scientific works ever published. In 2002, Professors Michael J. Aminoff, François Boller, and Dick F. Swaab took on the responsibility of supervising the third (current) series, the first volumes of which published in 2003. They have designed this series to encompass both clinical neurology and also the basic and clinical neurosciences that are its underpinning. Given the enormity and complexity of the accumulating literature, it is almost impossible to keep abreast of developments in the field, thus providing the raison d''être for the series. The series will thus appeal to clinicians and investigators alike, providing to each an added dimension. Now, more than 140 volumes after it began, the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series has an unparalleled reputation for providing the latest information on fundamental research on the operation of the nervous system in health and disease, comprehensive clinical information on neurological and related disorders, and up-to-date treatment protocols.