Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of General Neurologists and Headache Experts Toward Migraine Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study in India
Sanjith Aaron, Ashish Bondia, Ishan Patel, Vikas Madaan · 2026
Read Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of General Neurologists and Headache Experts Toward Migraine Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study in India by Sanjith Aaron, Ashish Bondia, Ishan Patel, Vikas Madaan (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13544866.txt.
Description
Aaron and colleagues survey 137 Indian doctors, 125 general neurologists and 12 headache experts, on how migraine is diagnosed and treated in daily practice. Migraine disables millions, especially women of working age, yet Indian care is inconsistent. Their 2026 questionnaire probed diagnostic habits, drug preferences, guideline use, and appetite for newer treatments, comparing the two clinician groups.
Headache experts carried far heavier headache loads and used the formal criteria at more than double the rate of general neurologists, with similar gaps in using the standard disability survey. Painkillers and triptans dominated prescribing in both groups, while the newest drug class, ditans, barely registered anywhere. Non-drug measures were nearly universal, adopted by about nine in ten clinicians. Reported barriers centred on limited diagnostic support and patient factors. The authors argue migraine education aimed at general neurologists, who see most patients, is where criteria use and therapy uptake will be won.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sanjith Aaron, Ashish Bondia, Ishan Patel, Vikas Madaan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |