Overuse of symptomatic medications among chronic (transformed) migraine patients: profile of drug consumption

Chronic daily headache and chronic (transformed) migraine (TM) patients represent more than one third of the subjects seen in specialized headache centers. Most of these patients may overuse symptomatic medications (SM) taken on a daily basis to relieve headache and associated symptoms. The conversi...

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Published in:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Main Author:	Abouch Valenty Krymchantowski
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações 2003-03-01
Subjects:	chronic (transformed) migraine overuse symptomatic medications analgesic rebound headache
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000100007&tlng=en