Chapter 31- Headache

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should 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.

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