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Greater Boston Headache Center

Headache Treatment in Boston

Types of Headaches

Many patients never see a headache specialist and spend their lives suffering. Some miss school or work, often unable to participate in daily activities and enjoy everyday life. At Greater Boston Headache Center, our specialists identify the cause of headaches, uncovering triggers and offer a range of treatment options. Our goal is to improve the patient’s quality of life and let the patient get back to enjoying life every day. Contact our neurology clinic in Boston, MA by calling (781) 647-7246.
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At Greater Boston Headache Center we treat the patient as an individual. We see patients with a wide range of head pain including:

  • Migraine
  • Cluster Headaches
  • Cervicogenic Headaches
  • Occipital Headaches
  • Chronic Daily Headache
  • Medication Overuse Headache
  • Post-Traumatic Headache
  • Trigeminal Headache
  • Atypical Facial Pain
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Treatment for Headaches

Depending on the patient’s type of headache or facial pain, an individualized plan of care will be developed. This can include medication adjustments and/or procedures such as nerve blocks, trigger points, or Botox injections. In addition to the specific headache treatments, behavioral health support can be provided. Patients have thrived with the combination of different disciplines all treating the patient and looking at the whole person. 
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At Boston Advanced Medicine we offer a range of effective treatments for headaches and facial pain which include:

Botox

Botox has emerged as an effective headache treatment for certain patients. As per FDA recommendations, it is administered every 12 weeks for pain relief, with relief increasing with each dose.

Medication

Medications are the most common treatment for headaches. There are a range of medications that offer relief, some are preventive and others symptomatic. Our team will prescribe the medication and dosage best suited to each patient depending on the patient’s frequency and intensity of headache, other health factors and past history with headache medications.

Nerve Blocks/Trigger Point Injections

At the Greater Boston Headache Center we also use nerve blocks and trigger point injections to treat certain headaches. This technique freezes or anesthetizes the nerve transmitting pain and reduces or eliminates pain following treatment. We strive to see our patients on an urgent basis and eliminate the hassle of spending hours in a hospital emergency room.

CGRP Antagonists

CGRP (Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide) receptor antagonists are an emerging therapeutic class for both the prevention and acute treatment of migraines. Galcanezumab (Emgality), erenumab (Aimovig) and fremanuzumab (Ajovy) are subcutaneously administered CGRP antagonists used for the prevention of migraine in adults. There are numerous others that have recently been FDA approved, including some oral formulations.

Educational Counseling

We believe an educated patient is one who understands their illness and is part of the treatment plan. Our educational counseling helps headache patients manage their headaches, avoid triggers and explain how to live with and decrease headache symptoms. Understanding headache pain and the causes can often help the patient find the road to recovery.

Schedule a Headache Treatment Appointment in Boston, MA

Our headache specialists are highly trained in treating various types of headaches. Contact our neurology clinic in Boston, MA by calling (781) 647-7246.

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