analgesic/headache

Abuse of ergotamine and analgesics is common in adults. It coexists with headache and can also induce headaches. Ten to 15% of patients attending headache clinics and 1% of the general population suffer from chronic daily headache due to medication misuse. Indeed, this phenomenon was recently

1 Eight double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-dose, cross-over studies were carried out to evaluate the usefulness of testing the acute analgesic effect of drugs in out-patients with non-migrainous headache. 2 The reference compounds were either (1) aspirin, (2) a combination of

The frequent use (> 15 times/month) of medication for the treatment of acute migraine attacks may cause medication overuse headache. This kind of headache can be caused by the intake of combination analgesics, opioids, ergot alkaloids, and triptans. The delay between first intake and daily headache

BACKGROUND Distinguishing between primary and secondary headaches (HAs) is essential for the safe and effective management of patients with HA. A favorable response to analgesics may be observed with both classes of HAs and therefore is not a good predictor of who needs further

The tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline is the only documented and most widely used prophylactic drug for chronic tension-type headache (CTTH). However, it is not fully clarified whether the serotonin (5-HT) reuptake inhibition plays a major role for the analgesic effect of amitriptyline. To

BACKGROUND The frequent or regular use of analgesics and anti-migraine drugs can make headache more frequent and induce the transformation of episodic to chronic headache. Chronic headache due to medication overuse is defined as headache that is present on ≥ 15 days per month for at least three

Primary headache especially migraine is very common disorder. The mainstay in the acute treatment of migraine is triptans (sumatriptan, zolmitriptan, eletriptan, naratriptan) and analgesics or NSAIDs. However, it is still unclear the appropriate usage of triptans and analgesics or NSAIDs for

A patient-assessment of pain relief over 4 hours following a single dose of a compound analgesic has shown that 78% of patients achieve satisfactory relief of pain due to tension headache and that this response is enhanced by the addition of chlormezanone, an agent with reported anxiolytic and

BACKGROUND Migraine headache is an uncommon but disabling clinical entity when patients go to an urgency room with a severe migraine attack and digestive symptoms. Intravenous non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol and triptans represent the first line drugs in the migraine therapy in

We report a patient with acromegaly who had severe, intractable headache unrelated to tumor size which dramatically resolved with the somatostatin analog octreotide. The analgesic effects of octreotide were neither related to significant inhibition of growth hormone nor influenced by naloxone. Our

This is a case report of a 17-month-old infant with 8 weeks of constant headache, which resulted from the daily ingestion of analgesics.

OBJECTIVE Medication-overuse headache is one of the most disabling headaches. Antiepileptic drugs have been considered a promising strategy as prophylactic treatment in these patients, even if their use often has been limited by low tolerability or safety. The objective of this study was to evaluate

The effect of branding--that is, the labelling and marketing--of a well-known proprietary analgesic used to treat headaches was studied in a sample of women given a branded or unbranded form with either an inert or an active formulation. The sample was also divided according to whether the subjects

In the past, chronic daily headaches have been attributed to many possible causes, including "tension," excessive contraction of pericranial muscles, and depression. A careful history reveals that many patients start out with fairly typical intermittent migraine attacks that evolve over the years