Medication Overuse Headache

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2016;30(1):66-8. doi: 10.3109/15360288.2015.1063565. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

Abstract

Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. In reply to a question about medication overuse headache, its presentation, causes, treatment, and prevention will be discussed.

Keywords: MOH; chronic headache; medication overuse; migraines; rebound headache.

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics / adverse effects*
  • Headache Disorders, Secondary / etiology
  • Headache Disorders, Secondary / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Patient Education as Topic

Substances

  • Analgesics