In the last year we began to study analgesic abuse in chronic headache sufferers in order to evaluate possible organic or psycho-social damages. We submitted a questionnaire to 50 patients who referred an "abuse" of more than 30 tablets or 15 suppositories at month. From the data we concluded that this abuse is a relevant social problem because determines a "reinforcement of distressing behaviour of headache sufferers people" that takes to chronicity of the headaches.
Analgesic abuse in chronic headache sufferers / Ferrari, Anna; E., Sternieri; G., Bergonzini; L., Giroldi; Pini, Luigi Alberto. - In: CEPHALALGIA. - ISSN 0333-1024. - STAMPA. - 7 s6:(1987), pp. 414-415. (Intervento presentato al convegno third Congress of the International Headache Society tenutosi a Firenze nel 22-25 settembre 1987).
Analgesic abuse in chronic headache sufferers
FERRARI, Anna;PINI, Luigi Alberto
1987
Abstract
In the last year we began to study analgesic abuse in chronic headache sufferers in order to evaluate possible organic or psycho-social damages. We submitted a questionnaire to 50 patients who referred an "abuse" of more than 30 tablets or 15 suppositories at month. From the data we concluded that this abuse is a relevant social problem because determines a "reinforcement of distressing behaviour of headache sufferers people" that takes to chronicity of the headaches.
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