title: [Medication-overuse headache].
abstract: Headache associated with the chronic use of medications has become a significant problem in the management of headache. Typically, patients overusing analgesics suffer from tension headache, whereas those over-using triptans may experience daily migraine-type headaches or an increase in the frequency of migraine attacks. The treatment of choice in such cases is withdrawal of the medication followed as early as possible by medicinal prophylaxis of the primary headache.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurologie der Universität Essen. kasja.rabe@uni-due.de
authors.forename: Kasja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rabe
authors.forename: Zaza
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Katsarava
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004878:Ergotamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D051271:Headache Disorders, Secondary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018170:Sumatriptan / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D018170:Sumatriptan; D004878:Ergotamine