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Neurological Sciences
Published in: Neurological Sciences 1/2009

01-05-2009 | Symposium

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

Authors: Licia Grazzi, Frank Andrasik, Susanna Usai, Gennaro Bussone

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

Chronic headaches have increasingly become a focus within the field of head pain. For the most part patients with frequent headaches eventually overuse their medications, and if it happens (the percentage is approximately 4%), the diagnosis of chronic migraine with medication overuse headache is clinically important, because patients rarely respond to preventive medications whilst overusing acute medications. Properly treating medication overuse with adequate strategies is an essential component for helping these patients to improve and for preventing relapses. The necessity of withdrawal performed by different treatment schedules, outcomes, and the long-term durability of treatment are discussed.
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Metadata
Title
Treatment of chronic migraine with medication overuse: is drug withdrawal crucial?
Authors
Licia Grazzi
Frank Andrasik
Susanna Usai
Gennaro Bussone
Publication date
01-05-2009
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-009-0079-x

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