Medication-overuse headache

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 11 Mar 2018 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 190, pages E296-E296 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Andrew, Micieli; Jennifer, Robblee;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171101

pmid: 29530871

pmc: PMC5849449

Medication-overuse headache

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Abstract

Patients with primary headache disorders who overuse analgesia are at risk for MOH, in which the analgesia leads to the paradoxical effect of increasing headache frequency ([Box 1][1]).[1][2] The prevalence of MOH in the general population is 1%–2% and as high as 20.6% in referrals to Canadian

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University of Toronto
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Keywords

Headache, Headache Disorders, Secondary, Humans, Analgesia

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