Survey of Opioid and Barbiturate Prescriptions in Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Headache Center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To educate physicians about appropriate acute migraine treatment guidelines by determining (1) where headache patients were first prescribed opioids and barbiturates, and (2) the characteristics of the patient population who had been prescribed opioids and barbiturates.

Background

Several specialty societies issued recommendations that caution against the indiscriminate use of opioids or barbiturate containing medications for the treatment of migraine. These medications are still being prescribed in various medical settings and could put headache specialists in a difficult position when patients request these agents.

Methods

Patients presenting to a headache center comprised of eight physicians were asked to complete a survey that assessed headache types, co

SUBMITTER: Minen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4757493 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature