Peer Reviewed Feature Articles
Headache and migraine

Preventive therapies for migraine

Catherine D. Stark, Bronwyn Jenkins

Preventive medications help reduce the frequency and severity of migraine, leading to improvements in migraine impact, functioning and quality of life. A wide range of oral prophylactics is available and should be selected with consideration of comorbidities and side-effect profiles. Injectable therapies, including onabotulinum toxin A and disease-targeted calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonists, are also effective. Therapy needs to be individualised, particularly for specific patient groups.

Peer Reviewed Regular Series
Editorial

Persistent pain: update and potential for development

Timothy Hucker

Chronic pain is costing Australia billions of dollars and reshaping patients’ lives, yet much of it remains preventable with earlier, smarter intervention. Pain Management Today’s new Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor Timothy Hucker, explores emerging strategies – from transitional pain clinics to risk-stratified care – that could redefine how clinicians tackle pain before it becomes lifelong.

Case studies

Chronic low back pain in a midlife retail worker

Aws Salih, Clayton Thomas

Chronic low back pain is one of the most common and costly issues in Australian general practice, with most cases proving nonspecific. A practical approach focuses on early recognition of psychosocial risks, careful use of imaging and timely referral to multidisciplinary care.

Briefings