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Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract

EHMTI-0293. Comparison between celecoxib and prednisolone in bridge stage therapy following medication overuse headache: double blind randomized clinical trial

Authors: M Togha, SMH Paknejad, E Taghvaei, T Ramim, S Razeghi jahromi

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Special Issue 1/2014

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Many patients with chronic or frequent headaches overuse the analgestic or anti-migraine drugs. Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a common severe headache. The basis of treatment of MOH is discontinuation of the offending drugs. However, cessation of drug consumption could lead to severe disabling headache. Corticosteroids are the most popular drugs for bridge phase of treatment. However corticosteroids might cause different side effects. Celecoxib is a Cox 2 inhibitor drug with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, assumed to be a good alternative for steroids. …
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Title
EHMTI-0293. Comparison between celecoxib and prednisolone in bridge stage therapy following medication overuse headache: double blind randomized clinical trial
Authors
M Togha
SMH Paknejad
E Taghvaei
T Ramim
S Razeghi jahromi
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-15-S1-C54

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