title: Medication Overuse Headache: The Reason of Headache That Common and Preventable.
abstract: Medication overuse headache (MOH) is well-defined clinically and is one of the common reasons of chronic daily headache, but its pathophysiology has not been elucidated yet. MOH has varying clinical features in regard to regional, psychosocial, medical and economic factors. Even though, the studies have shown that many factors may play a role, MOH is likely to occur in patients who are prone to primary headaches. Mainstay of the treatment is to withdraw the excessively used analgesic drugs. The primary prevention with education of the patients as well as early diagnosis and treatment of MOH will reduce its increasing financial burden on both patients and countries. Meticulous and multifactorial evaluation of the disease besides the diagnosis and treatment of the comorbid diseases will reduce the risk of recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Neurolog, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocasoy Orhan
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Neurolog, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baykan
keywords: Headache; analgesics; chronic daily headache; detoxification; medication overuse headache