[Abuse of substances for immediate management of pain in patients with headache].
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.
Minatti-Hannuch
S N
SN
Disc. de Neurol. da Esc. Paul. de Med., São Paulo.
Zukerman
E
E
Masur
J
J
Lima
J G
JG
D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000700:Analgesics
Abuso de substâncias para alívio imediato da dor (SAID) em pacientes com cefaléia.