Hopefully, these guidelines will prove to be a valuable too to both patients and health care professionals as the work together toward better Migraine management.

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Resources:

• ¹ Loder, Elizabeth, MD, MPH; Burch, Rebecca, MD; Rizzoli, Paul, MD. "The 2012 AHS/AAN Guidelines for the Prevention of Episodic Migraine: Summary and Comparison with other Recent Clinical Practice Guidelines." Headache. Accepted manuscript online: April 26, 2012.
• ² Silberstein, S.D.; Holland, S.; Freitag, F.; et. al. "Evidence-based guideline update: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults : Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society." Neurology 2012;78;1337.
• ³ Holland, S.; Silberstein, S.D.; Freitag, F.; et al. "Evidence-based guideline update: NSAIDS and other complementary treatments for episodic migraine prevention in adults : Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society." Neurology 2012;78;1346.
• ⁴ Kotz, Deborah. "How to get better treatment for migraines. The Boston Globe. April 30, 2012. http://tinyurl.com/c7mkta2.
• ⁵ Gardner, Amanda. "Migraine Guidelines: What Works, What Doesn't." Philly.com. April 24, 2012.
• ⁶ Email interview with Dr. Elizabeth Loder. April 23, 2012.

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Last updated May 2, 2012.