Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine > Part IV. Pain by Anatomic Location > A. Head and Neck > Chapter 24. Headaches Associated with Organic Pathology Jeremy Goodwin and Zahid H. Bajwa

Headaches Associated with Organic Pathology: Introduction

"The vast majority of headaches are of the tension, migraine, and cluster types, which are classified as primary headaches and are discussed in Chapter 18. Unfortunately, many patients develop refractory headaches, which usually consist of one or more primary headache disorders complicated by analgesic medication overuse, poor coping patterns, or failure to identify triggers. In such cases, an interdisciplinary management approach is needed...."