title: Aberrant drug-taking behaviors and headache: patient versus physician report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore prevalence of aberrant medication-taking behaviors (AMTB) among headache patients and treating physician's awareness of such behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty patientphysician dyads were surveyed on patients' AMTB.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequently endorsed behaviors by patients and physicians, respectively, were going to the ER for pain medication (n = 19) and continuing to take pain medication despite minimal relief (n = 23). For the majority of AMTB, phi coefficients indicating level of patient-physician agreement were equal to chance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Headache patients perform a wide range of AMTB. Low rates of patient-physician agreement indicate that physicians possess limited knowledge of patients' AMTB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. mfweaver@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: Dale S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: Brent L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waterhouse
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Towne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D005260:Female; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid