RT Book, Section
A1 Koenigsfeld, Carrie Foust
A1 Eastman, Darla Klug
A1 Fornoff, Anisa
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 7254606
T1 Chapter 51. Headache
T2 McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175562-7
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7254606
RD 2024/04/18
AB Headaches  are  a  common  chief  complaint  of  patients  seeking  advice  from  a  pharmacist.  It  is  estimated  that  18%  of  women  and  6%  of  men  experience  migraine  headache.1  Prevalence  is  highest  between  the  ages  of  25  and  45  in  both  males  and  females.2  Migraines  are  considered  to  be  one  of  the  top  20  most  disabling  diseases  worldwide  by  the  World  Health  Organization.3  Tension  headaches  are  the  most  common  type  of  primary  headaches  with  an  estimated  prevalence  of  86%  in  women  and  63%  in  men  with  the  rates  occurring  highest  between  the  ages  of  20  and  50.4  Cluster  headaches  may  be  relatively  uncommon,  with  the  prevalence  estimated  to  be  56  to  401  per  100,000  with  onset  typically  occurring  over  the  age  of  20.5