Team players against headache: multidisciplinary treatment of primary headaches and medication overuse headache
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Medication overuse headache.
Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a common and disabling headache disorder. It has a prevalence of about 1-2 % in the general population. The International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition (beta version) has defined MOH as a chronic headache disorder in which the headache occurs on 15 or more days per month due to regular overuse of medication. These headaches must have been ...
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is a chronic daily headache in which acute medications used at high frequency cause transformation to headache occurring 15 or more days per month for 4 or more hours per day if left untreated. MOH is a form of US Food and Drug Administration-defined chronic migraine. This review will describe (1) MOH clinical features and diagnosis, (2) patho...
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Medication-overuse headache affects 1 to 2 percent of the population. Any kind of painkiller, if taken regularly at least 10 days per month can cause medication-overuse headache, and therefore the possibility of this headache has to be raised whenever a patient with a preexistent headache notices a significant increase in headache frequency during a period of frequent painkiller consumption. Me...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Headache and Pain
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1129-2369,1129-2377
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0364-y