Medication overuse and drug addiction: a narrative review from addiction perspective.

ABSTRACT: Chronic headache is particularly prevalent in migraineurs and it can progress to a condition known as medication overuse headache (MOH). MOH is a secondary headache caused by overuse of analgesics or other medications such as triptans to abort acute migraine attacks. The worsening of headache symptoms associated with medication overuse (MO) generally ameliorates following interruption of regular medication use, although the primary headache symptoms remain unaffected. MO patients may also develop certain behaviors such as ritualized drug administration, psychological drug attachment, and withdrawal symptoms that have been suggested to correlate with drug addiction. Although several reviews have been performed on this topic, to the authors best knowledge none of them have examined this topi

SUBMITTER: Takahashi TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8080402 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature