Headache in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Findings From the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial

• Published in: Headache Vol. 57; no. 8; pp. 1195 - 1205
• Main Authors: Friedman, Deborah I., Quiros, Peter A., Subramanian, Prem S., Mejico, Luis J., Gao, Shan, McDermott, Michael, Wall, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Acetazolamide; Acetazolamide - therapeutic use; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analgesics; Analgesics - therapeutic use; Body mass; Body mass index; Body weight loss; Cerebrospinal fluid; Classification; Comorbidity; Contraception; Correlation analysis; Disability Evaluation; Diuretics - therapeutic use; Drugs; Female; Headache; Headache - complications; Headache - epidemiology; Headache - physiopathology; Headache - therapy; Headache Disorders - complications; Headache Disorders - epidemiology; Headache Disorders - physiopathology; Headache Disorders - therapy; Headache Impact Test‐6; Headaches; Humans; Hypertension; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Intracranial Hypertension - complications; Intracranial Hypertension - epidemiology; Intracranial Hypertension - physiopathology; Intracranial Hypertension - therapy; Male; medication overuse; Middle Aged; Migraine; Optic nerve; Patients; Quality; Quality of Life; Randomization; Standard error; Swelling; Tension; Thresholds; Treatment Outcome; Vision Disorders - complications; Vision Disorders - epidemiology; Vision Disorders - physiopathology; Vision Disorders - therapy; Weight loss; Weight Reduction Programs; Young Adult; medication overuse; Headache Impact Test-6; headache; idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Objective To characterize the phenotype, headache‐related disability, medical co‐morbidities, use of symptomatic headache medications, and headache response to study interventions in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (IIHTT). Methods Patients with untreated IIH and mild vision...