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November 7, 2025 November 7, 2025

New: Migraine, 2nd edition 2025, Hartmut Göbel

This book provides an overview of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of migraine. It was written by a leading scientist in the field and is aimed at all physicians who treat patients [...]

June 18, 2024 June 18, 2024

Treatment of migraine attacks during pregnancy

How can migraine attacks be treated during pregnancy? Mild migraine attacks during pregnancy should be treated non-medicinally through minimizing stimuli, rest, relaxation, and ice packs. Metoclopramide can be used throughout pregnancy to treat nausea and vomiting [...]

May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021

Corticosteroids and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2

How do corticosteroids used to treat migraines, cluster headaches, and other headaches affect the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination? Therapy with prednisolone and other corticosteroids ("cortisone"), for example, to treat status migrainosus, cluster headaches, or rebound headaches during a [...]

December 16, 2017 December 16, 2017

Immunotherapy with CGRP antibodies reduces the number of headache days

On November 29, 2017, the results of two studies on the efficacy of antibodies against CGRP for the prevention of chronic and episodic migraine, respectively, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.1,2 The antibody therapy targets a molecule, [...]

March 12, 2017 March 12, 2017

Our new clinic brochure

Dear Reader, The new clinic brochure for the Kiel Pain Clinic has been updated and expanded. It is available for download here. The brochure now includes important new information, such as details on the treatment process and [...]

October 1, 2016 October 1, 2016

The new migraine app

The migraine app documents the course of migraines and headaches with active data entry. It reports aggregated information from the data set, thus supporting both patients and their doctors in monitoring progress and treatment success, as well as adjusting therapy. The migraine app includes comprehensive reporting, information, and self-help tools.

April 24 ,

TK headache coach relies on knowledge and personal responsibility

https://ecoach.tk.de/videos/kopfschmerz/TKKC_Imagefilm_Final.mp4 TK Headache Coach When the pain strikes, reaching for a pill often follows quickly – two out of three adults know this: They suffer from headaches from time to time and don't know what else they could do to relieve them [...]

March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016

Migraine and headache chat from March 14, 2016

Professor Hartmut Göbel answers questions about migraines and headaches in regular live chats for the self-help community headbook.me. Below you will find the questions and answers from the last live chat with Robert on March 14, 2016 at [...]

December 25, 2014 December 25, 2014

vdek interview: Relieving pain through coordinated multimodal therapy

The Schleswig-Holstein branch of the Association of Substitute Health Insurance Funds (vdek) publishes the Substitute Health Insurance Funds Report several times a year. In the December 2014 Substitute Health Insurance Funds Report, Prof. Hartmut Göbel explains his approach to coordinated multimodal pain therapy. The full text can be found [...]