Abstract
Medication overuse headache may complicate any type of headache and occurs in young people, adults, and even elderly patients. Overuse of acute medications may change intermittent or self-limited headaches into chronic daily headache. Migraineurs seem particularly prone to analgesic rebound headache/ transformed migraine/chronic migraine. Prophylactic therapies are often ineffective in the setting of medication overuse. Recognition of this condition allows appropriate clinical intervention that includes cessation of the offending medications.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Analgesics / adverse effects*
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Analgesics / therapeutic use
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Cluster Headache / chemically induced
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Cluster Headache / therapy
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Headache Disorders / chemically induced*
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Headache Disorders / drug therapy
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Headache Disorders / physiopathology
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Headache Disorders / therapy*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Migraine Disorders / chemically induced
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Migraine Disorders / therapy
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Primary Health Care / standards
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Risk Factors
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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / diagnosis*
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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / therapy*
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Tension-Type Headache / chemically induced
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Tension-Type Headache / therapy
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United States