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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Treated for Chronic Headache with Analgesic Overuse

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Pini, L-A, Cicero, AFG, Sandrini, M·2001·Cephalalgia

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The study aim is to describe the long-term clinical outcome of 102 chronic headache patients with analgesic daily use. They were assessed for daily drug intake (DDI), headache index (HI) and quality of life (QoL) and compared with a parallel group of patients with active chronic daily headache but no analgesic overuse. For the primary study group, baseline 1995 DDI was 1.80 ± 1.87 and did not differ significantly in 1999. Patients who daily continued to use analgesics had a higher 1995 baseline DDI ( t = 2.275, P = 0.025), a longer drug abuse history ( t = 2.282, P = 0.025) and a higher DDI ( t = 4.042, P < 0.001) 4 years later. At 4 years of follow-up, only one-third of patients initially treated for chronic daily headache and analgesic overuse are successful in refraining from chronic overuse. Those subjects appear to have a persistence for combination analgesic agents; however, their QoL is slightly better than that of patients who revert to episodic headache or continue with chronic daily headache but do not overuse analgesic agents. Persistent analgesic overuse seems to be linked to the length of abuse and to the number of drugs ingested.

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Authors
Pini, L.-A., Cicero, A., & Sandrini, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
  • Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Internal Medicine and
Corresponding author
Pini, L-A
Venue
Cephalalgia
Published
2001-11
Volume
21
Issue
9
Pages
878-883
ISSN
  • 0333-1024 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2982
OpenAlex
W2002774755
Cited by
95
References
34
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
FWCI
4.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cephalalgia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Complementary and Manual Therapy › Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Keywords
chronic headache, analgesic overuse, chronic daily headache, headache index, quality of life, long-term outcomes, analgesic combination, episodic headache
MeSH terms
Adult, Analgesics, Chronic Disease, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Treatment Outcome, Substance-Related Disorders, Headache Disorders

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