Long-term follow-up of patients treated for chronic headache with analgesic overuse

Cephalalgia

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 878-883

  Pini, L A ^a,b   Cicero, A F G ^a   Sandrini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Clinical Pharmacology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesic drug use; Chronic daily headache; DDL follow up

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; ERGOT ALKALOID; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENAZONE DERIVATIVE; PRODORPERAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIC AGENT ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035740802     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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