BASH Guideline
Section 1: The Clinical Approach
Section 2: Primary Headaches
2.3 Tension-type headache
2.3.3 Management
Reassurance may suffice in the majority of patients.
Individual attacks can be treated with simple analgesics (see table 1).
Table 1. Recommended acute treatments in tension-type headache
Preventive treatment is rarely necessary, though can be considered if symptoms are causing significant disability (see table 2).
Table 2. Recommended preventive treatment in tension-type headache
Appendix 1. All acute treatments in tension-type headache
Appendix 2. All preventive treatments in tension-type headache
