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Acute Treatment of Migraine

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Migraine #Treatment #management #neurology #headache #medications
Acute Treatment ... #Migraine #Treatment ... #management #neurology ... #headache #medications
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
than 3 migraine headaches ... or at least 8 headache ... appropriate acute treatment ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... Pharmacology #Management #Neurology
Migraine Prevention and Prophylaxis
Who to Consider: 
 • ≥ 4 significant headaches or migraine attacks/month
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days/month • Medication-overuse ... acute migraine treatments ... Preventative Medications ... #Migraine #treatment ... #prophylaxis #neurology
Guide to Treatment of Hepatitis C with Direct Acting Antivirals.

Here is a pocket guide to initial
Guide to Treatment ... guide to initial treatment ... of HCV with DAAs ... Check out the original ... #Guide #Medications
Uric Acid Homeostasis
In the liver, purines are metabolized to uric acid. The last step in purine
step in purine metabolism ... The gout drug pegloticase ... #Homeostasis #Gout ... #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology #Medications
Ischemic Stroke - Blood Pressure Management
 • No tPA  < 220 / 120 (permissive hypertension)
tPA <180/110 • IV ... hypertension #Management #treatment ... #neurology #medications
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Neuropathy • Metabolic ... Hypothyroidism • Medication-induced ... • Infectious: HIV ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Types of Anion Gap Acidosis - AGAPS KIL U - Mnemonic
Ketoacidosis: Alcoholic Ketoacidosis, Starvation Ketoacidosis, Starvation
From Anaerobic metabolism ... , Tumors, or Medication ... Acidosis - From Short Gut ... or IV Lorazepam
Triptan Selection - Migraine Management
Choosing triptans:
 • Reponse to given triptan do not predict to others
month to avoid medication-overuse ... headache Rapidly ... Migraine #Management #treatment ... #selection #headache ... #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... Symptoms: Fever, headache ... Symptoms: Fever, headache ... Frequently "punched-out ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology