Multidisciplinary approach is the key to successful treatment of patients with chronic migraine

The article reviews problematic issues of headaches and management the patients with chronic migraine, as one of the types of primary headaches. Risk factors and triggers, mechanisms of chronicization of migraine headaches are presented. Possible approaches and methods for increasing the effectiveness of chronic migraine treatment are reviewed. The article presents a clinical case of successful use of a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of a patient with chronic migraine combined with drug-induced headache at the RRCRM&HE with the participation of medical specialists of various profiles, with the administration of drug preventive therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, acupuncture and psychotherapy sessions, and treatment of drug-induced headache.