Acute Migraine Medications and Evolution From Episodic to Chronic Migraine: A Longitudinal Population‐Based Study

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Authors

Marcelo E. Bigal · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Daniel Serrano · Montefiore Medical Center

Dawn C. Buse · Montefiore Medical Center

I Scher · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Walter F. Stewart · Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Richard B. Lipton · Montefiore Medical Center

Abstract

EM sufferers develop TM at the rate of 2.5% per year. Any use of barbiturates and opiates was associated with increased risk of TM after adjusting for covariates, while triptans were not. NSAIDs were protective or inducers depending on the headache frequency.

Topics & Keywords

Migraine and Headache Studies Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain

Volume 48, Issue 8, pp. 1157-1168

DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01217.x

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