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ABSTRACT

Medication overuse and subsequent medication-overuse headache (MOH) is a growing problem worldwide. Epidemiological data suggest that up to 4% of the population overuse analgesics and other drugs for the treatment of pain conditions such as migraine and that about 1% of the general population in Europe, America, and Asia have MOH.
Medications that are intended to treat individual headaches whether they are prescribed by a physician or are available over the counter (OTC) may actually increase the frequency of headache attacks when they are used too often. Once the pattern of medication overuse headache (sometimes called rebound headache) is established, both the number of headaches and the amount of medicine needed to treat them can quickly spiral out of control. Typically, the effectiveness of the medication seems to decline. That leads to the use of more and larger doses of medicine and to the failure of other forms of headache treatment. The good news is that reducing or discontinuing the problem medication produces significant headache improvement for many patients.

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