A real-world study on unmet medical needs in triptan-treated migraine: prevalence, preventive therapies and triptan use modification from a large Italian population along two years

• Published in: Journal of headache and pain Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 74 - 9
• Main Authors: Piccinni, Carlo, Cevoli, Sabina, Ronconi, Giulia, Dondi, Letizia, Calabria, Silvia, Pedrini, Antonella, Esposito, Immacolata, Favoni, Valentina, Pierangeli, Giulia, Cortelli, Pietro, Martini, Nello
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 27.06.2019; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Administrative databases; Botulinum toxin; Burden of disease; Headache; Internal Medicine; Italy; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Migraine; Neurology; Observational studies; Observational study; Pain management; Pain Medicine; Patients; Pharmacoepidemiology; Public health; Real-world evidence; Research Article; Trends; Italy; Pharmacoepidemiology; Burden of disease; Italy; Observational study; Administrative databases; Real-world evidence

Background Although migraine is a disabling neurological condition that causes important disability, it remains an area of underdiagnosis and undertreatment worldwide. The aim of this study was to depict the burden of the unmet medical needs in migraine treated with triptans in a large Italian popul...