52: Treating Pediatric Migraine

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments™ podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Christina Szperka, MD, MSCE, assistant professor of neurology, and director, Pediatric Headache Program, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania. She offered up her thoughts on the current state of clinical care and awareness of pediatric migraine and shared her insight into the changes the landscape of treatment has undergone. Episode Breakdown: 1:15 – The landscape of pediatric migraine 3:00 – Challenges in diagnosing pediatric migraine 5:00 – Parental and patient awareness of signs and symptoms 6:25 – Differences between adult and pediatric migraine 11:35 – Impact of new therapies for pediatric patients 15:00 – Neurology News Minute 17:35 – The day-to-day clinical care of pediatric migraine 20:40 – Medication adherence among children and teens with migraine 24:00 – Transitioning patients from pediatric to adult care 27:40 – Challenges in conducting pediatric migraine studies 30:40 – Biggest advances in the past year and amid COVID-19 The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: AAN Issues Statement on Ethical Considerations for Aducanumab Use in Alzheimer Disease Enrollment Complete for Phase 2 Study of ATH-1017 in Moderate Alzheimer FDA Accepts sNDA, Grants Priority Review to Fenfluramine for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments™ podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com.