title: When tension headaches become chronic.
abstract: This article provides background, diagnostic, treatment, and management information about the most common form of headache: tension-type headache (TTH). Using a typical patient case scenario, it illustrates evidence-based therapies that NPs can offer patients whose TTH has become chronic due to medication overuse.
authors.affiliation: Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, UMDNJ-School of Nursing, Newark, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steefel
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Novak
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics