Complete withdrawal is the most feasible treatment for medication‐overuse headache: A randomized controlled open‐label trial
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DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1383
Abstract: Complete stop of acute medication and/or migraine medication for treatment of medication‐overuse headache (MOH) has previously been reported more effective in reducing headache days and migraine days per month compared with restricted intake of acute… read more here.
Keywords: medication overuse; treatment medication; treatment; medication ... See more keywords
Cost of medication overuse headache in Italian patients at the time-point of withdrawal: a retrospective study based on real data
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DOI: 10.1007/s10072-017-2891-z
Abstract: The objective was to assess the cost of Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) at the time-point of withdrawal treatment. We implemented a protocol in which both direct and indirect cost were directly gathered from patients and… read more here.
Keywords: medication overuse; cost medication; overuse headache; point withdrawal ... See more keywords
Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase 19-bp insertion/deletion polymorphism affects medication overuse in patients with chronic migraine
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DOI: 10.1007/s10072-019-03865-9
Abstract: Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) enzyme activity is modulated at the genetic level by the presence of several polymorphisms. Among these, the 19-bp insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism (rs72393728/rs141116007) was investigated in several genetic association studies for its correlation with… read more here.
Keywords: migraine; medication overuse; dopamine beta; chronic migraine ... See more keywords
Effects of medication, treatment, and behavioral beliefs on intentions to take medication in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.010
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS Although familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) can be effectively managed using cholesterol-lowering medication, patients often fall short of complete treatment adherence. Identifying the psychological factors associated with self-regulation of FH medication is important to… read more here.
Keywords: medication overuse; treatment; intentions take; take medication ... See more keywords
Analysis on the risk factors of medication-overuse headache in Chinese patients
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.10.066
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the risk factors of medication-overuse headache in patients with chronic migraine in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS 157 patients who were diagnosed as chronic migraine were chosen… read more here.
Keywords: medication overuse; factors medication; risk factors; overuse headache ... See more keywords
Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of medication overuse headache
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DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(19)30146-2
Abstract: Regular or frequent use of analgesics and acute antimigraine drugs can increase the frequency of headache, and induce the transition from episodic to chronic headache or medication overuse headache. The 1-year prevalence of this condition… read more here.
Keywords: medication; headache; medication overuse; treatment medication ... See more keywords
Circulating CGRP levels in medication‐overuse headache
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DOI: 10.1111/ane.13176
Abstract: We read with interest the recent paper by Munsksgaard et al in which they found no differences in the levels of nociceptin and CGRP between controls and patients with medication-overuse headache (MOH).1 As the authors… read more here.
Keywords: cgrp; medication overuse; cgrp levels; overuse headache ... See more keywords
Early management of medication‐overuse headache – to remove or to add medication?
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DOI: 10.1111/ene.13663
Abstract: Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is a chronic headache that usually develops from migraine or tension-type headache, in parallel with over-use of symptomatic headache medication. Despite the observation that the chronic headache usually resolves once over-use is… read more here.
Keywords: medication overuse; use; medication; early management ... See more keywords
Medication‐overuse headache detoxification reduces headache disability – the Akershus study of chronic headache
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DOI: 10.1111/ene.13674
Abstract: Medication‐overuse headache (MOH) is a chronic headache (≥15 days/month) associated with overuse of acute headache medication. The objective was to investigate headache‐related disability before and after self‐detoxification from MOH in the general population, as well… read more here.
Keywords: medication overuse; disability; medication; overuse headache ... See more keywords
Migraine disability complicated by medication overuse
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DOI: 10.1111/ene.13736
Abstract: The certainty that from the pharmacological abuse, resulting in a high-frequency or chronic migraine, the patient can be redeemed is now a well-defined assumption, even if the ways of rehabilitation are different and motivated by… read more here.
Keywords: neurology; medication overuse; disability complicated; migraine disability ... See more keywords
Is prednisone still a reasonable option in the treatment of withdrawal headache in patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse headache in the age of CGRP antibodies? A narrative review
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DOI: 10.1111/head.14415
Abstract: Along with the development of novel migraine therapies as the monoclonal antibodies against calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) and its receptor, the question arises if the treatment of chronic migraine (CM) and medication overuse headache (MOH)… read more here.
Keywords: headache; cgrp; medication overuse; chronic migraine ... See more keywords