Clusterheadaches.com Message Board


    
      
        Clusterheadaches.com Message Board
        (http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi)
      

        New Message Board Archives >> Jul-Sep 2003 >> Book- "Headach Help"
        
(Message started by: hopefull on Jul 23^rd, 2003, 10:07am)

Title: Book- "Headach Help"
Post by hopefull on Jul 23^rd, 2003, 10:07am

Has anyone read this book?
In there it talks about ritalin and last-resort cocain solution-drops for the nose...has anyone had to go that far?...or is this quackery

Title: Re: Book- "Headach Help"
Post by hopefull on Jul 23^rd, 2003, 10:57am

The book covers tension HA's, Migrains, AND Cluster HA's runs down most of the Meds I've seen discussed on the board..."Cluster Headahces, thought uncommon, are one of the most painful experiences known to human kind" opening line for chapter on CH

Title: Re: Book- "Headach Help"
Post by Bob_Johnson on Jul 23^rd, 2003, 11:03am

Dr. Robbins has written two of the better books on headache, operates a headache clinic outside of Chicago, has a web site, www.headachedrugs.com. He was very far from being a quack.
----------
MANAGEMENT OF HEADACHE AND HEADACHE MEDICATIONS, 2nd ed. Lawrence D. Robbins, M.D.; pub. by Springer. $49 at Amazon.Com. This volume is better organized and easier to read for nonprofessionals compared to Saper's book. It covers all types of headache and is primarily focused on medications. While the two chapters on CH total 42-pages, the actual relevant material is longer because of multiple references to material in chapters on migraine, reflecting the overlap in drugs used to treat. I'd suggest reading the chapters on migraine for three reasons: he makes references to CH & medications which are not in the index; there are "clinical pearls" about how to approach the treatment of headache; and, you gain better perspective on the nature of headache, in general, and the complexities of treatment (which need to be considered when we create expectations about what is possible). Finally, women will appreciate & benefit from his running information on hormones/menstrual cycles as they affect headache. Chapter on headache following head trauma, also. Obviously, I'm impressed with Robbins' work (even if the book needs the touch of a good editor!) (Somewhat longer review/content statement at 3/22/00, "Good book....")

HEADACHE HELP, Revised edition, 2000; Lawrence Robbins, M.D., Houghton Mifflin, $15. Written for a nonprofessional audience, it contains almost all the material in the preceding volume but it's much easier reading. Highly recommended.

Title: Re: Book- "Headach Help"
Post by hopefull on Jul 23^rd, 2003, 11:09am

Thanks for the feed back I'll check the other book out soon as I can..just never hear of anyone using the drugs I mentioned...so wanted to feel it out...