Young William B., Pozo-Rosich Patricia, Paolone Mary F.
Department of Neurology, Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 South 11th Street, Gibbon Building, Suite 8130, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2003 Nov;5(6):441-553. doi: 10.1007/s11940-996-0013-y.
Although alternative therapies are widely used for the treatment of headache disorders, physicians often know little about the available options or about the risks and benefits of the treatments their patients may already be using. Alternative treatments or complementary medicine can provide significant benefit for the headache sufferers, be neutral, distract the headache patient from using more effective therapies, or be harmful. Physicians should take a rational, open-minded approach to the use of alternative and complementary headache treatments.
尽管替代疗法被广泛用于治疗头痛疾病，但医生通常对可用的选择知之甚少，或者对患者可能已经在使用的治疗方法的风险和益处了解不足。替代疗法或补充医学可能会给头痛患者带来显著益处，也可能效果中立，使头痛患者不去使用更有效的疗法，或者带来危害。医生应该以理性、开放的态度看待替代和补充性头痛治疗方法的使用。
