title: [Abuse of substances for immediate management of pain in patients with headache].
abstract: Data on the use of pain relieving drugs in 339 patients who used medication to relieve their headache are presented. One hundred sixty eight (49%) of them were considered as abusers based on Diamond and Dalessio's criteria modified by Saper. The most common form of abuse was the daily use of PRD, observed in 90 (54%) of the patients (criterion A) followed by: abuse by criterion A plus use of more than 100 doses of analgesic/month (criterion B) observed in 18 (11%) and finally criterion A plus daily use of compounds containing barbiturates or other tranquilizing drugs, in 18 (11%) of the patients. The abuse by psychotropic drugs was observed in 11 (7%) of the patients. The data suggest that the abuse of PRD is high and must be regarded as a public health problem.
authors.affiliation: Disc. de Neurol. da Esc. Paul. de Med., São Paulo.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Minatti-Hannuch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zukerman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masur
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
vernacular_title: Abuso de substâncias para alívio imediato da dor (SAID) em pacientes com cefaléia.