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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
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
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. …