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Migraine - Preventative Treatments

 • Anticonvulsants: *Topiramate, *Sodium valproate, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
 • Antidepressants: Amitriptyline, Venlafaxine, Duloxetine,
Migraine - Preventative ... Treatments ... Eptinezumab • Herbal & Nutritional ... #management #prophylaxis ... #pharmacology #neurology
Migraine Treatment Overview

 • What is a Migraine?
 • Pathophysiology
 • Common Migraine Triggers
 • Diagnosis
Migraine Treatment ... • Pathophysiology ... • Common Migraine ... #Treatment #management ... #prophylaxis #neurology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Diagnosis and Management ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... can improve symptoms ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Management ... #neurology #nutrition
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... • In migraines ... - Autonomic symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
Acute ED Migraine Therapy and Preventative Therapy Algorithm:
Acute migraine
 • IV NS IL bolus then infusion
20 mg/min -> Neurology ... Miguel Cortel-LeBlanc ... #Migraine #management ... #algorithm #treatment ... #prophylaxis #neurology
Migraine Prevention and Prophylaxis
Who to Consider: 
 • ≥ 4 significant headaches or migraine attacks/month
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Severe/DisabIing symptoms ... Miguel Cortel-LeBlanc ... #Migraine #treatment ... #prophylaxis #neurology ... #headache #management
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... • Migraine is ... Functional • Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... musculoskeletal symptoms ... Psychiatric symptoms ... vasculitis Treatment ... #Management
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Diagnosis and Management ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... Eyecare (prevent corneal ... Palsy #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #Neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology