Treatment Guidelines

This section links to the external websites of various independent medical associations and organizations that have developed or currently support relevant treatment guidelines. These treatment guidelines are generally intended for health care providers. Although these guidelines describe recommended courses of intervention, they are not intended to serve as a substitute for the clinical judgment of a health care provider caring for an individual patient.

Merck does not review or control the content of these websites or treatment guidelines; therefore, this link does not constitute an endorsement by Merck of the content of any of these websites or treatment guidelines.

Click on the links below to begin your search of treatment guidelines:

The site below has the International Headache Society (IHS) Classification and Diagnostic Criteria under the IHS Guidelines button.
http://www.i-h-s.org/

Additional guidelines available:

National Headache Foundation:
http://www.headaches.org/

The Complete Guide to Headache from the National Headache Foundation
http://www.headaches.org/consumer/educationmoduleindex.html

American Headache Society (AHS; formerly AASH)
http://ahsnet.org/

U.S. Headache Consortium Guidelines
http://ahsnet.org/guidelines.php

American Medical Association Migraine Site
http://www.ama-assn.org/

Canadian Medical Association Guidelines
http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/