| Detoxification is the primary task in overusing patients: Debate at the International Headache Congress, Berlin, June 2011. | |
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PMID: 22174362 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background: Common practice in patients overusing medication is to place major emphasis on detoxification.Overview: This is based on decades of disappointing experience trying to treat patients with prophylactics despite medication overuse. Several trials have shown that, when patients are taken off medication overuse, approximately 50% of them get so much better that prophylactic drug treatment is no longer needed. There is no doubt that detoxification by one means or another is of crucial importance in the initial steps of treating patients who have a medication overuse. The methodology for detoxification may vary from country to country. Likewise, it varies whether patients are placed on prophylactic treatment simultaneously with detoxification or after a drug-free period of 2 months. Only future long-term studies can show whether one approach or the other is preferable.Conclusion: Detoxification must always be the first consideration in overusing patients, but obviously accompanied by or followed up by the necessary prophylactic or treatment. |
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Jes Olesen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-15 |
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Title: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache Volume: - ISSN: 1468-2982 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8200710 Medline TA: Cephalalgia Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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