%0 Journal Article %A Jack Whiting %A Peter Kilgour %T BET 2: Caffeine as an analgesic adjunct in tension-type headache and migraine %D 2021 %R 10.1136/emermed-2021-211807.3 %J Emergency Medicine Journal %P 655-656 %V 38 %N 8 %X A short-cut review of the literature was carried out to examine the benefits of caffeine as an analgesic adjunct in tension-type and migraine-type headache. Six papers were identified as suitable for inclusion using the reported search strategy. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of the best papers are tabulated. It is concluded that caffeine provides effective analgesia as an adjunctive treatment in the management of secondary headache syndromes. %U https://emj.bmj.com/content/emermed/38/8/655.full.pdf