Demographics, Headache Features, and Comorbidity Profiles in Relation to Headache Frequency in People With Migraine: Results of the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention (AMPP) Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 2340-2356
Author(s):  
Dawn C. Buse ◽  
Michael L. Reed ◽  
Kristina M. Fanning ◽  
Ryan C. Bostic ◽  
Richard B. Lipton
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Irimia ◽  
M. Garrido-Cumbrera ◽  
S. Santos-Lasaosa ◽  
M. Aguirre-Vazquez ◽  
J. Correa-Fernández ◽  
...  

AbstractIdentifying highly disabled patients or at high risk of psychiatric comorbidity is crucial for migraine management. The burden of migraine increases with headache frequency, but the number of headache days (HDs) per month after which disability becomes severe or the risk of anxiety and depression is higher has not been established. Here, we estimate the number of HDs per month after which migraine is associated with higher risk of anxiety and depression, severe disability and lower quality of life. We analysed 468 migraine patients (mean age 36.8 ± 10.7; 90.2% female), of whom 38.5% had ≥ 15 HDs per month. Our results show a positive linear correlation between the number of HDs per month and the risk of anxiety (r = 0.273; p < 0.001), depression (r = 0.337; p < 0.001) and severe disability (r = 0.519; p < 0.001). The risk of anxiety is higher in patients having ≥ 3HDs per month, and those with ≥ 19HDs per month are at risk of depression. Moreover, patients suffering ≥ 10HDs per month have very severe disability. Our results suggest that migraine patients with ≥ 10HDs per month are very disabled and also that those with ≥ 3HDs per month should be screened for anxiety.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus M Escher ◽  
Lejla Paracka ◽  
Dirk Dressler ◽  
Katja Kollewe

Chronic migraine (CM) is a severely disabling neurological condition characterized by episodes of pulsating unilateral or bilateral headache. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) for the prophylactic treatment of CM in 2010. It has been shown that onabotulinumtoxinA is effective in the reduction of headache frequency and severity in patients with CM. Treatment is well tolerated by the patients. This review reports on the history of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in CM and presents the current clinical evidence for the use of onabotulinumtoxinA in the treatment of CM.


1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hinse ◽  
Antje Schulz ◽  
Friedrich Haag ◽  
Manuel Carvajal-Lizano ◽  
Andreas Thie

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 1300-1311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Lipton ◽  
Dawn C. Buse ◽  
Daniel Serrano ◽  
Starr Holland ◽  
Michael L. Reed

Cephalalgia ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1192-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Zeeberg ◽  
J Olesen ◽  
R Jensen

It is generally accepted that ongoing medication overuse nullifies the effect of prophylactic treatment, although few data support this contention. We set out to describe the treatment outcome in patients withdrawn from medication overuse and relate any improvement to a renewed effect of prophylaxis. For patients with probable medication-overuse headache (pMOH), treated and dismissed from the Danish Headache Centre in 2002 and 2003, we assed, from prospective headache diaries, the headache frequency before and after withdrawal of offending drugs and compared these frequencies with the headache frequency at dismissal. Among 1326 patients, 337 had pMOH. Eligible were 175, mean age 49 years, male/female ratio 1: 2.7. Overall, there was a 46% decrease in headache frequency from the first visit to dismissal ( P < 0.0001). Patients with no improvement 2 months after complete drug withdrawal ( N = 88) subsequently responded to pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological prophylaxis with a 26% decrease in headache frequency as measured from the end of withdrawal to dismissal ( P < 0.0001). At dismissal, 47% were on prophylaxis. Former non-responders to medical prophylaxis had a 49% decrease in headache frequency from first visit to dismissal ( P < 0.0001), whereas those who had never received prophylaxis had a 56% reduction ( P < 0.0001). This difference was not statistically significant ( P = 0.22). Almost all MOH patients benefit from drug withdrawal, either just from the withdrawal or by transformation from therapeutic non-responsiveness to responsiveness. According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edn, the MOH diagnosis requires improvement after drug withdrawal. Our data suggest that these diagnostic criteria are too strict.


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