About this episode
We delve into advanced management of headaches, including novel therapies, migraines with aura, migraines in complicated patients, and headaches of short duration with Dr. Rebecca Burch, a h eadache medicine specialist at the John R. Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast . Rate us on iTunes , recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com . Credits Written and produced by: Paul Williams MD Edited by: Matthew Watto MD Hosts: Paul Williams MD, Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD Guest: Rebecca Burch MD Time Stamps 00:00 Disclaimer, intro and guest bio 03:28 Guest one-liner, movie and podcast recommendations, favorite failure and picks of the week from The Curbsiders 10:38 Clinical case of migraines; diagnosis and classification 14:12 Does medication overuse headache exist? 16:16 Chronic daily headache; Conversion from episodic to chronic and vice versa 21:43 Approaches to medication overuse headache 25:54 Case 2: migraine with aura and other types of migraine (retinal, hemiplegic, etc.) 32:09 Pathophysiology of migraine; how triptans work; How should aura effect management? 38:44 Migraine cocktails 41:15 Comorbid mood disorders; Use of psych meds and triptans 45:08 Migraines and oral contraceptives 48:42 Botulinum toxin and new CGRP therapies 53:36 What does success look like in migraine therapy? 55:32 Nonpharmacologic management 60:45 Case 3: headaches of short duration 66:36 Headache red flags; Imaging for headaches; pathophysiology of high and low pressure headaches 72:00 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension 75:25 Take home points 77:00 Outro