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Medication overuse headache--with migraine history (Read 1054 times)
Bob Johnson
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Medication overuse headache--with migraine history
Jan 24th, 2012 at 3:18pm
 
Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2008 Apr;12(2):122-7.
Medication-overuse headache in patients with cluster headache.
Paemeleire K, Evers S, Goadsby PJ.
SourceHeadache Clinic, Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. koen.paemeleire@ugent.be

Abstract
Cluster headache (CH) is associated with the most severe pain of the primary headache disorders. Barriers to optimal care include misdiagnosis, diagnostic delay, undertreatment, and mismanagement. Medication-overuse headache (MOH) may further complicate CH and may present as increased CH frequency or development of a background headache, which may be featureless or have some migrainous quality.

A PERSONAL OR FAMILIAL HISTORY OF MIGRAINE APPEARS TO BE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOH IN CH....  PATIENTS WITH CH, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A PERSONAL AND/OR FAMILY HISTORY OF MIGRAINE, MUST BE CAREFULLY MONITORED FOR MOH, AND MEDICATION WITHDRAWAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IF A CH PATIENT PRESENTS WITH FEATURES OF MOH.

PMID:18474192[PubMed]
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Re: Medication overuse headache--with migraine history
Reply #1 - Jan 24th, 2012 at 10:04pm
 
Thanks for sharing Bob.

In my opinion, you post more neurological info than anybody and think we should have a side bar/yellow tab titled "Bob J's Library" containing all of your pdf files, etc.

Hope all is well with you Wink

-Gregg in Las Vegas
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Reply #2 - Jan 25th, 2012 at 5:10am
 
Totally agree with the excellent suggestion.
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Reply #3 - Jan 25th, 2012 at 8:10pm
 
I"M IN WITH THAT!!
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