Nova Scotia

IWK Grace Health Centre

Address:
5850/5980 University Ave., P.O. Box 9700
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 6R8
Contact Info:
Tel: 1-888-470-5888 (toll free)

1-902-470-5888 (local)

R. Allan Purdy, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FAHS
Dalhousie University (Division of Neurology)

Address:
Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 3A7
Contact Info:
Tel: 902-473-2132

Pain Management Unit (referral needed) | Fax: 902-473-4438 | Most Halifax neurologists see patients with headache. Dr. Allan Purdy, has a special interest in migraine, and does see patients in consultation with migraine or headache on referral from their doctor. There is a comprehensive Pain Management Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Center in Halifax where some patients with intractible migraine are seen on referral. Pediatricpatients with migraine or chronic headache are seen by the neurologists at the IWK - Grace Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, upon referral.

These specialists are seen upon referral from a physician and are not to be contacted by patients directly.

National Headache enquiries should go to Canadian Headache Society

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The opioids (narcotics) cause progression of the illness (Chronic Daily Headache), not termination, and will actually make the individual much worse over time. It is easier and quicker to give the patient a pain killer than to "get into the trench" and try solve the problem. Patients with chronic daily headache require time, diligence, and frequent access from their physician.

Interview: Dr. Joel Saper, MHNI
-from the book Chronic Daily Headache

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The book Chronic Daily Headache features
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