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(Message started by: Peppermint on Aug 20^th, 2007, 12:34pm)

Title: Need help with Doctor info
Post by Peppermint on Aug 20^th, 2007, 12:34pm

I know there is a doctor listing by state, or recommended docs .. haven't visited it for a while and can't find it.. ::)

Can someone please post the link?

It's much appreciated!!

Pepp

Title: Re: Need help with Doctor info
Post by Racer1_NC on Aug 20^th, 2007, 12:40pm

http://www.ouch-us.org/chgeneral/doctors.htm

Title: Re: Need help with Doctor info
Post by Peppermint on Aug 20^th, 2007, 12:52pm

on 08/20/07 at 12:40:13, Racer1_NC wrote:

http://www.ouch-us.org/chgeneral/doctors.htm

Thanks Beeeeeyul :-*...I swear I'm still on vacation.

Pepp

Title: Re: Need help with Doctor info
Post by Bob_Johnson on Aug 20^th, 2007, 2:15pm

1. Search the OUCH site (button on left) for a list of recommended M.D.s.

2. Yellow Pages phone book: look for "Headache Clinics" in the M.D. section and look under "neurologist" where some docs will list speciality areas of practice.

3. Call your hospital/medical center. They often have an office to assist in finding a physician. You may have to ask for the social worker/patient advocate.

4. http://www.achenet.org On-line screen to find a physician.

5. http://www.headaches.org/consumer/index.html Call 1-800-643-5552; they will send a list of M.D.s for your state.I suggest using this source for several reasons: first, we have read several messages from people who, even seeing neurologists, are unhappy with the quality of care and ATTITUDES they have encountered; second, the clinical director of the Jefferson (Philadelphia) Headache Clinic said, in late 1999, that upwards of 40%+ of U.S. doctors have poor training in treating headache and/or hold attitudes about headache ("hysterical female disorder") which block them from sympathetic and effective work with the patient; third, it's necessary to find a doctor who has experience, skill, and a set of attitudes which give hope of success. This is the best method I know of to find such a physician.