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Polypharmacy Among Headache Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Polypharmacy can appropriately treat multiple chronic conditions, but it can also increase potential harm. Polypharmacy information for primary headaches is minimal, despite drugs being the main tools to manage headaches. OBJECTIVE:The aim was to evaluate the prevalence, characteristics and risk factors of polypharmacy in patients with primary headaches and examine whether these variables differ between episodic and chronic headache patients. METHODS:We analysed polypharmacy (simultaneous use of five or more medications), medication type, comorbidity, and risk factors in 300 patients (mean age 42.81?±?13.21 years) with primary headaches, divided into episodic and chronic, afferent to a headache centre. RESULTS:Patients took an average of 4.37 medications. Polypharmacy was common in 40.7% of patients, and among chronic patients, it reached 58.8%. Most patients used medications (mainly nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; 73.5%) to treat acute headaches, and 30.4% of episodic and 64.7% of chronic sufferers underwent prophylactic treatment (P?

SUBMITTER: Ferrari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061427 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Polypharmacy Among Headache Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Ferrari Anna A   Baraldi Carlo C   Licata Manuela M   Rustichelli Cecilia C  

CNS drugs 20180601 6


<h4>Background</h4>Polypharmacy can appropriately treat multiple chronic conditions, but it can also increase potential harm. Polypharmacy information for primary headaches is minimal, despite drugs being the main tools to manage headaches.<h4>Objective</h4>The aim was to evaluate the prevalence, characteristics and risk factors of polypharmacy in patients with primary headaches and examine whether these variables differ between episodic and chronic headache patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We analysed  ...[more]

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