Medication overuse headache

• Published in: Nature reviews. Disease primers Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 5
• Main Authors: Ashina, Sait, Terwindt, Gisela M., Steiner, Timothy J., Lee, Mi Ji, Porreca, Frank, Tassorelli, Cristina, Schwedt, Todd J., Jensen, Rigmor H., Diener, Hans-Christoph, Lipton, Richard B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.02.2023; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378; 692/617/375/226; Cancer Research; Epidemiology; Headache - etiology; Headache Disorders, Secondary - diagnosis; Headaches; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medical Microbiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Migraine; Migraine Disorders - diagnosis; Migraine Disorders - drug therapy; Primer; Quality of Life; Quality of Life Research

Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a secondary headache disorder attributed to overuse of acute headache medications by a person with an underlying headache disorder, usually migraine or tension-type headache. MOH is common among individuals with 15 or more headache days per month. Although MOH is...