Prescription of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in an Italian Cohort of Pediatric Headache Patients (P03.115)

CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows that CAM is widely used among pediatric headache patients, and physicians are mostly unaware of prescription. Further studies are required to investigate safety and efficacy of CAM, as a possible side-medicine to conventional pharmacological approach.Disclosure: Dr. Colombo has nothing to disclose. Dr. Dalla Libera has nothing to disclose. Dr. Pavan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Comi has received personal compensation for activities with Novartis, Teva Neuroscience, Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Merck Serono, and Bayer Schering.

Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Colombo, B., Dalla Libera, D., Pavan, G., Comi, G. Tags: P03 Headache: Epidemiology Source Type: research