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Practice Guideline Update: Acute Treatment of Migraine in Children and Adolescents
Published August 2019
The purpose of this guideline is to systematically assess all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated acute migraine treatments in children and adolescents. The guideline seeks to answer the following clinical question: In children and adolescents with migraine, do acute self-administered
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Practice Guideline Update: Pharmacologic Treatment for Pediatric Migraine Prevention
Published August 2019
This guideline systematically evaluates new evidence to answer the following clinical question: In children and adolescents with migraines, do preventive pharmacologic treatments, with or without cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), compared with placebo, reduce headache frequency? Reaffirmed on Oct
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Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Recurrent Headaches
Published August 2002
For this parameter, the authors reviewed available evidence on the evaluation of the child with recurrent headaches and made recommendations based on this evidence. Reaffirmed on July 16, 2022.
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Electroencephalogram in the Evaluation of Headache
Published July 1995
The neurologist has long been a resource for patients with headache by excluding serious underlying causes, confirming a correct diagnosis, and planning an effective management strategy. If the EEG is used for patients with headache in some geographic areas or clinical settings and not in others, pa
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Update: Pharmacologic Treatment for Episodic Migraine Prevention in Adults
Published April 2012
The objective of this guideline is to provide updated evidence-based recommendations for the preventive treatment of migraine headache. A new guideline is in development. An updated guideline on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and complementary alternative treatments has been approved for publi
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Update: Botulinum Neurotoxin for the Treatment of Blepharospasm, Cervical Dystonia, Adult Spasticity, and Headache
Published April 2016
In 2008, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) published guidelines on the uses of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). New research on 4 indications—blepharospasm, cervical dystonia (CD), spasticity, and headache—prompted this update. Reaffirmed on April 30, 2022. Endorsed by the American Association o
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