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Medication overuse headache is a problem among your headache patientsa
|
Mean (SD) 3.31 (0.86)
|
Mean (SD) 3.04 (0.84)
|
Mean (SD) 3.55 (0.82)
|
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Kind of medications that can cause medication overuse headache
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
| ● Simple analgesics |
53 (98%)
|
24 (83%)
|
29 (100%)
|
| ● Opioids |
32 (59%)
|
12 (48%)
|
20 (69%)
|
| ● Migraine acute medicine (e.g., triptans) |
42 (78%)
|
16 (64%)
|
26 (90%)
|
| ● Migraine preventive medicine (e.g., beta blockers) |
5 (9%)
|
2 (8%)
|
3 (10%)
|
| ● Do not know |
0 (0%)
|
0 (0%)
|
0 (0%)
|
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Recommended maximum use of simple analgesics for headache patients
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
| ● 1 day a week |
1 (2%)
|
1 (4%)
|
0 (0%)
|
| ● 2–3 days a week |
43 (80%)
|
17 (68%)
|
26 (90%)
|
| ● 4–5 days a week |
4 (7%)
|
1 (4%)
|
3 (10%)
|
| ● 6 days a week |
0 (0%)
|
0 (0%)
|
0 (0%)
|
| ● Do not know |
6 (11%)
|
6 (24%)
|
0 (0%)
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