Long-term follow-up of patients treated for chronic daily headache with analgesic overuse [1]

Cephalalgia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-328

  Bigal, M E ^a   Rapoport, A M ^a   Sheftell, F D ^a   Tepper, S J ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036562661     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2002.00383.x     Document Type: Letter

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