Thesis
The Acute Care Approach to Migraine Treatment: Stratified Approach to Opioid and Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Agents
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
09/2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3567
Abstract
As many as 30 million Americans suffer from migraines. Migraine is a highly disabling condition associated with a substantial economic burden (Diamond, 2007 p.1269). As noted by Hurtado, Vinson and Vandenberg, an estimated 1-2% of emergency department (ED) visits are due to migraine symptoms and ED providers use over 30 medications for the treatment of headaches. A review of the 1998 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey demonstrated that the majority of patients treated for migraine headache in the ED in the US are treated with opioid agonists. Current guidelines suggest the use of non-opioid medications as the initial treatment for acute migraine (Moriarty-Sheehan, 2002). The purpose of this manuscript is to provide a detailed look into suggested guidelines for migraine therapy, involving opioid and non-opioid medication options and the use of a stratified treatment approach.
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- Title
- The Acute Care Approach to Migraine Treatment: Stratified Approach to Opioid and Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Agents
- Creators
- Tara Lynn Morris
- Contributors
- Lorna Schumann (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900591036201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis