Medication overuse and drug addiction: a narrative review from addiction perspective

Medication overuse and drug addiction: a narrative review from addiction perspective

Abstract Chronic headache is particularly prevalent in migraineurs and it can progress to a condition known as medication overuse headache (MOH). MOH is a secondary headache caused by overuse of analgesics or other medications such as triptans to abort acute migraine attacks. The worsening of headac...

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Main Authors: Tatiane Teru Takahashi, Raffaele Ornello, Giuseppe Quatrosi, Angelo Torrente, Maria Albanese, Simone Vigneri, Martina Guglielmetti, Cristiano Maria De Marco, Camille Dutordoir, Enrico Colangeli, Matteo Fuccaro, Davide Di Lenola, Valerio Spuntarelli, Laura Pilati, Salvatore Di Marco, Annelies Van Dycke, Ramla Abuukar Abdullahi, Antoinette Maassen van den Brink, Paolo Martelletti, on behalf of the European Headache Federation School of Advanced Studies (EHF AS)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:The Journal of Headache and Pain
Subjects:
Drug abuse
Dependence
Migraine
Substance abuse
Vulnerability
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-021-01224-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-021-01224-8

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