Transformed migraine and medication overuse in a tertiary headache centre - Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-490

  Bigal, M E ^a,b   Rapoport, A M ^b,c   Sheftell, F D ^b,d   Tepper, S J ^b,e   Lipton, R B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

^c Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic daily headache; Medication overuse; Transformed migraine; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; NARATRIPTAN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; RIZATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN; ZOLMITRIPTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALGESICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942601096     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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