title: Do family physicians fail to provide triptans for patients with migraine?
abstract: While continuing to improve recognition of migraine in your patient population, pay particular attention to the adherence rate among those for whom you have prescribed a triptan. Ask patients who discontinue triptan therapy why they made that decision. Besides adverse effects from the agent, reasons may include medication cost, influence of comorbidities, or triptan interaction with medications you may not have known about.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 North Kansas, Wichita, KS 67214, USA. awalling@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walling
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Molgaard
authors.forename: K James
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kallail
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists