Rehabilitation from symptomatic drugs overuse: yes, no, may be

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In predisposed subjects with migraine or tension-type headache increasing intake of acute medications is associated with a progressive clinical worsening. When the days of symptomatic drug use reach a given threshold (10 or 15 days/month, depending on the classes of drugs, ICHD-III) and the headache has become chronic for at least three months, a causal relationship is deemed to exist between the medication overuse and the clinical worsening, and the headache is termed medication-overuse headache (MOH). MOH affects nearly 2% of the general population. It represents a highly disabling condition that impacts considerably on the quality of life of sufferers and on the society in general because of high levels of disability and use of healthcare resources. …