The majority of our patients had a positive attitude towards over-the-counter analgesics, which they believed to be more adequate than prescription drugs for acute treatment of their headache. They handled analgesics very carefully, believing it correct to take the drug only when the pain became unbearable, if it was not possible for them to stop work. Chronic headache patients tended to consume more prescription drugs than episodic headache sufferers. Furthermore, the majority of chronic sufferers, as opposed to episodic sufferers, took the analgesic even when not at work. The use of over-the-counter drugs is considered the best way to treat acute headache even by subjects suffering from severe idiopathic headache and seeking professional care in specialized clinics. Prescribed analgesics are underused by patients with serious episodic headache, which is precisely the group for which they are principally intended.

Headache patients’ attitude toward analgesic drugs / Ferrari, Anna; Stefani, M; Bertolotti, Marco; Sternieri, S; Trenti, T; Sternieri, E.. - STAMPA. - 4:(1994), pp. 317-317. (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th Migraine Trust International Symposium tenutosi a Londra nel 5-8 September).

Headache patients’ attitude toward analgesic drugs

FERRARI, Anna;BERTOLOTTI, Marco;
1994

Abstract

The majority of our patients had a positive attitude towards over-the-counter analgesics, which they believed to be more adequate than prescription drugs for acute treatment of their headache. They handled analgesics very carefully, believing it correct to take the drug only when the pain became unbearable, if it was not possible for them to stop work. Chronic headache patients tended to consume more prescription drugs than episodic headache sufferers. Furthermore, the majority of chronic sufferers, as opposed to episodic sufferers, took the analgesic even when not at work. The use of over-the-counter drugs is considered the best way to treat acute headache even by subjects suffering from severe idiopathic headache and seeking professional care in specialized clinics. Prescribed analgesics are underused by patients with serious episodic headache, which is precisely the group for which they are principally intended.
1994
10th Migraine Trust International Symposium
Londra
5-8 September
4
317
317
Ferrari, Anna; Stefani, M; Bertolotti, Marco; Sternieri, S; Trenti, T; Sternieri, E.
Headache patients’ attitude toward analgesic drugs / Ferrari, Anna; Stefani, M; Bertolotti, Marco; Sternieri, S; Trenti, T; Sternieri, E.. - STAMPA. - 4:(1994), pp. 317-317. (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th Migraine Trust International Symposium tenutosi a Londra nel 5-8 September).
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