Contact Hours: 2.0

Max CEU Credits: 0.2

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of the chapter, the reader will be able to:
1. Differentiate among types of headaches based on symptoms and signs.
2. List underlying causes and precipitating factors of different types of headache disorders.
3. Recommend appropriate nonpharmacologic measures for headache treatment and prevention.
4. Based on patient-specific data, determine when pharmacologic therapy is indicated for headache.
5. Propose individualized pharmacologic treatment regimens for the acute and chronic management of headache syndromes.
6. Construct therapeutic and adverse-effect monitoring plans for patients with headache.
7. Discuss pertinent patient education points for patients with headache disorders.

Faculty:

ACPE No:
014-999-07-047-H04

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The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy in on probation as an accredited provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Next scheduled review for purposes of restoring accreditation or removing accredited provider status: June 2009