Treatment of chronic migraine with medication overuse: Is drug withdrawal crucial?

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Grazzi, Licia ^a   Andrasik, Frank ^b   Usai, Susanna ^a   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic headache; Medication overuse headache; Withdrawal protocols

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; SUMATRIPTAN; TRANQUILIZER;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALGESICS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 65549170385     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0079-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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