Module 2: The Challenge of Pain: Treatment Approaches to Chronic Headache

WHAT DOES CGRP HAVE TO DO WITH IT?

In this module, learn about the relationship between Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) and chronic migraine, and how overuse of headache medications can trigger mechanisms for increased headache frequency.

OBJECTIVES FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:

  1. Accurately diagnose chronic migraine and medication-overuse headache using International Headache Society diagnostic criteria.
  2. Identify the mechanism for increasing headache frequency in both chronic migraine and especially in medication-overuse headache.
  3. List at least three options to address and work towards reversing chronic migraine when medication-overuse is present.

Presentation & Handout

Melissa Schorn, DNP, ARNP   
Nurse Practitioner, UW Headache Clinic, Seattle, WA


Handout

Treatment Approaches to Chronic Headache: What Does CGRP Have to Do With It?

Video

Access presentation here: https://uwcne.net/media/2019/19140-02-Schorn/19140-02-Schorn_player.html