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Headaches are a common presentation in pharmacy, but diagnosing the underlying cause can be difficult. To support pharmacists when advising patients, Rod Tucker explores the more common causes and treatment options.
01 Oct 2025
Everyone experiences headache from time to time, but do your customers know the difference between a tension headache and a migraine, a cluster headache and one brought on by dehydration?
11 Jul 2025
Understand that varying pain profiles require different support so you can provide appropriate advice and treatment to all your customers
14 May 2025
Much of the time, a customer’s headache can easily be cured with OTC medicine or some self care advice. However, headache and migraine can cause extreme discomfort and in some cases may require a closer look.
Recommending a paracetamol or ibuprofen for someone with a headache is often the right solution, but pharmacy teams should be aware of the different types of headaches customers may be suffering from.
18 Jul 2024
A spate of recent studies suggests that researchers are making giant leaps in their understanding of migraine and the development of new therapeutic opportunities. This feature considers some of the main findings. By Mark Greener.
12 Jun 2024
Headache is one of the most common customer complaints, so pharmacy staff need to be aware of how to distinguish between those that can be managed with self care advice and OTC recommendations and those that may need further referral.
12 May 2023
From tension-type to migraine there are many ways in which a 'simple headache' can become debilitating and life changing. Here's how pharmacy teams can offer support
12 Apr 2023
How can pharmacy teams help those suffering from long-term chronic pain conditions?
21 Mar 2022
Discover how pharmacy teams can support patients suffering from headache and migraine with this learning module.
18 Nov 2021
Find out how pharmacy teams can support sufferers with prevention and management advice for migraine and help them take back control.
21 Jul 2021
Pharmacy teams can help patients with headache and migraine through management and treatment advice.
15 Jun 2021
A 28-year-old woman, not known to you, presents with headache and requests the product Migraitan that her friend has recommended.
17 Feb 2021
Headaches can affect everyone from time to time but pharmacy staff need to know which types may need more careful consideration.
12 Dec 2019
Improve your understanding of medicine overuse headache and considers steps that can be taken to manage this.
23 Jan 2019
This counter excellence module will cover some of the key triggers, symptoms and treatments for headaches and migraines.
19 Jul 2018
