Opioids: the role in headache pharmacotherapy. Academic Article

abstract

• Optimal acute opioid management involves a continual awareness of the potential for development of MOH. Both the clinician and patient should be aware of the IHS MOH diagnostic criteria. Prophylactic medications should be initiated for patients having two headache days per week. Reduction in headache risk factors should include behavioral modification approaches to headache control earlier in the natural history of migraine. DSO therapy may provide significant long-term relief to a small percentage of patients suffering from intractable chronic daily headaches. A one-month DSO trial may provide a fair indication whether long-term DSO will be of benefit in the otherwise intractable cases.

authors

• Hutchison, Robert

published proceedings

• J Opioid Manag

author list (cited authors)

• Hutchison, R.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Hutchison, Rob

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Weston Medical Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Opioid Management: a medical journal of proper and adequate use  Journal

keywords

• Analgesics, Opioid
• Chronic Disease
• Headache
• Humans

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5055/jom.2005.0041

start page

• 193

end page

• 194

volume

• 1

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jom.2005.0041