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Headache is among the top five conditions for which people seek medical attention. The principle I would like to emphasize is that of rational treatment. That is, it makes far more sense to apply a specific treatment to a specific type of headache (diagnostic entity) than to throw a favorite nostrum indiscriminately at all headaches. I assume the practitioner can distinguish migraine and its variants and treat it with specific antimigraine drugs such as ergots or beta blockers. To prescribe narcotics as a first choice is not only irrational but poor practice.
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Cytowic, R. (1990). Specific Applications. In: Nerve Block for Common Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8950-7_4
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