Patients experience headache more than any other type of pain.
Headache accounts for over 10 million physician visits annually . Relatively few headache sufferers receive appropriate diagnosis and adequate care. There have been a number of advances in the diagnosis and treatment of migraine and great strides in understanding its pathogenesis. This unique collaborative organization worked to develop a unified approach to treating migraine. Physicians from all seven groups actively participated in the project to ensure that all aspects of migraine diagnosis, treatment, and prevention were considered.