Gabapentin Abuse in Patients on Opioid Pain Medications
A surprising number of patients already prescribed opioids were found to be abusing gabapentin.
A surprising number of patients already prescribed opioids were found to be abusing gabapentin.
The results suggest a mechanistic link between migraine with aura and venous thromboembolism.
Forty-five percent of participants were found to be acute responders by achieving effective therapy in at least 50% of their cluster headache attacks.
Patients in both groups were satisfied with their care.
Previous analysis showed that treatment reduced chronic migraine frequency.
Participants experienced a reduction in headache days as soon as 3 days post-treatment.
Thirty-five percent of participants reported new or worsening headache at 5 years post-injury.
Patients with frequent headache, depression, and medication overuse are more likely to witness headache return after treatment of episodic migraine. Results from the subanalysis of the American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study (AMPP) were presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Headache Society in San Diego, CA. With rapid pain relief rated as…
A 17% increase in CRP was observed in females with migraine.
Fibromyalgia places a substantial socioeconomic burden on health care resources and patients, data indicate. The cost-of-illness study accounted for health care resource use, direct medical and non-medical costs, and productivity loss among patients with fibromyalgia. In order to evaluate economic burden from a societal perspective, participants were asked to report the number of hospitalizations, emergency…