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Can medication overuse headache be treated by abrupt withdrawal of the overused agent?

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology volume 2, pages 654–655 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textRelja G et al. (2006) Outcome of medication overuse headache after abrupt in-patient withdrawal. Cephalalgia 26: 589–595

Medication overuse headache can only be treated by withdrawal of the overused medication. Abrupt withdrawal of the overused agent works well to initiate therapy

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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Couch, J. Can medication overuse headache be treated by abrupt withdrawal of the overused agent?. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 654–655 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0350

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