Effective Migraine Treatment in Pregnant and Lactating Women. A Practical Guide

About this book

More than 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches, with migraine affecting nearly one in five women in their reproductive years. Effective Migraine Treatment in Pregnant and Lactating Women: A Practical Guide, provides a comprehensive resource to address diagnosis, testing, and treatment of headaches in reproductively fertile women. This important new book offers a wealth of practical, ready-to-use, clinically tested tips and recommendations to treat women with headaches during pregnancy and nursing. Although women may ideally prefer to restrict migraine treatments during pregnancy, up to one in three pregnant women self-medicate for symptoms, especially with analgesics. Fortunately, there are many effective treatment options that can be safely used when pregnant and breastfeeding. Available therapies include medication and nonmedication treatments, traditional and alternative therapies, and nutritional supplements. This book uniquely answers frequently asked questions by patients and offers healthcare providers easy-to-use office tools for patient education and charting documentation. Resources are provided within the text, with printable materials available on the enclosed CD for ready use in the clinic. The authors of this important new work have collaborated to provide a resource that will help clinicians provide women with the tools and knowledge to become empowered and to gain control over their migraines when trying to conceive, during pregnancy, and when nursing.

Written for: Obstetrician-gynecologists, primary care physicians, internal medicine physicians, family practice physicians, nurse practitioners

Keywords:

• Conception
• Fertile
• Headache
• Lactation
• Migraine
• Nursing
• Pregnancy
• Reproductive

Table of contents

Preface
Chapters

1. Understanding migraine and pregnancy
2. Safety rating systems for drugs used in pregnancy and lactation
3. Non-pharmacological headache treatments
4. Acute treatment options for the pregnant headache patient
5. Acute treatment options for the lactating headache patient
6. Preventive treatment options for the pregnant headache patient
7. Preventive treatment options for the lactating headache patient
8. Urgent care/emergency treatment of the acute, severe headache in pregnancy and lactating patients
9. Work-up for headache during pregnancy and lactation

Patient headache resources