Research progress of medication⁃overuse headache

Abstract

Medication⁃overuse headache (MOH) is a global public health problem involving medicine, economics and sociology. High frequency or chronic primary headache is a risk factor of MOH. The methods to prevent MOH are to strengthen the treatment and management of primary headache, to improve the understanding of MOH, and to avoid overuse of analgesics. This article reviews the diagnosis, clinical features, drug overuse and drug dependence, and treatment of MOH.

Keywords

• headache
• drug overdose
• substance⁃related disorders
• review