Medication overuse headache: Withdrawal and prophylactic therapeutic regimen

Headache

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 989-997

  Trucco, Marco ^a   Meineri, Piero ^b   Ruiz, Luigi ^c   Gionco, Maurizio ^d  

^a SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Daily Drug Intake; Detoxification; Drug withdrawal; Headache Index; Medication overuse headache; Prophylactic therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIZOTIFEN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STOMACH DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953180135     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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