Table 5 Medication overuse headache
All participants (n = 54) | Introduction program (n = 25) | Main program (n = 29) | |
|---|---|---|---|
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) |
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%) |
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%) |