What role do community pharmacists currently play in the management of headache? A hospital-based perspective.

Of one hundred consecutive patients with headache referred by general practitioners to general neurology outpatient clinics, only 15 had at any time consulted a community pharmacist for advice about headache or its treatment; none spontaneously volunteered this information. Community pharmacists may represent an underused resource in the management of headaches in primary care, but would require specific training to fulfil such a role.