Private GP · Lurgan
Private GP for headache and migraine
Headaches are common. Migraine is often under-treated. A private GP slot is long enough to take the history properly, check for the rare dangerous causes, and review the tablets you already buy over the counter.
Alongside the NHS, not instead of it. Keep your NHS GP. Call 999 in an emergency. Friends Medical GP is for planned private appointments and home visits that are not emergencies.
People also search for: tension headache, migraine, cluster headache concern.
When to book
- Headaches that are stopping work or sleep
- A known migraine that is getting more frequent
- You are taking painkillers most days
- You need a fit note or a letter for work or driving
- You want a better prevention plan, not another box of ibuprofen
Call 999 or go to A&E if
- The worst headache of your life, coming on in seconds
- Headache with fever, stiff neck or rash
- New headache with weakness, speech change or collapse
- Headache after a head injury
- New headache in pregnancy, or a sudden change in a known pattern
For urgent advice that is not an emergency, call 111. Friends Medical GP is not an emergency service.
What happens in the appointment
- The GP maps the pattern: timing, triggers, visual symptoms, what you already take.
- They examine you if needed and decide if this is migraine, tension-type, medication-overuse, or a red flag.
- You leave with acute treatment advice, a prevention conversation if needed, and a letter or fit note when justified.
Clinic, online, or at home
A stable migraine pattern can start online. A thunderclap headache, fever with stiff neck, or neurological symptoms is 999 or A&E, not a private booking.
After you leave
Keep a simple diary if asked. If the pattern changes suddenly, do not wait for a review slot. Neurology referrals go through the usual private or NHS routes; we will say which is realistic.
FAQs
Can you give me a stronger painkiller for migraine?
We can discuss acute and prevention options that are appropriate. We do not issue controlled drugs on demand, and we will not ignore medication-overuse headache.
Related problems we see
Sinusitis and blocked nose
Facial pressure, a blocked nose and thick discharge after a cold is usually viral. Sometimes it is not. A private GP can examine you, sort hay fever from infection, and decide if a steroid spray, a delayed antibiotic prescription, or further ENT input is the honest next step.
Anxiety, stress and low mood
Anxiety, stress and low mood are among the commonest reasons people pay for a longer GP appointment. You get a quiet room, more than ten minutes, and a doctor who can issue a fit note, review medication, or write to your NHS GP. This is not a crisis service and it is not a replacement for talking therapies.
Back pain
Back pain is usually mechanical and miserable, not dangerous. The useful job is to pick out the rare red flags, get you moving, write a fit note if work is the problem, and refer for imaging or physio when that is actually indicated.
See a GP this week
Same-day and next-day private GP appointments in Lurgan, or a clinician at home if travel is the problem.