Study of Clinical Profile of Patients with Medication Overuse Headache
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 11
Abstract
Headache is a very common health problem in India, but a percentage of the general population suffer from chronic daily headache(CDH).Chronic headache disorders are a major public health concern giventhe large amount of associated disability and financial costs, to the patient, his family and to society. Inappropriate use of symptomatic medication for relief of chronic headache may lead to worsening of headache whose pathophysiology is not completely known and is termed as medication overuse headache (MOH). Studies mainly performed in tertiary care centres found that patients with migraine and to a lesser extent, with tension type headache are at risk for worsening of their headache under regular intake of painkillers.The high burden of MOH to the patient and his family is unnecessary as it is preventable by avoiding dependency on pain killers and by decreasing the frequency of their administration or by using prophylactic treatment for primary headache on time. Drugs that contain caffeine, tranquilizers, opioids or barbiturates should be avoided. Furthermore, the risk factors and variables associated with MOH should be studied thoroughly in a patient. We are doing this study because there is little data about MOH in India.
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Neha Agarwal
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