The relationship between headache-attributed disability and lost productivity: 3 Attack frequency is the dominating variable

ConclusionIn the relationship between migraine-attributed impairment (symptom burden) and lost productivity,frequency (migraine days/month) is the dominating variable – more important than headache intensity and far more important than episode duration. This has major implications for current practice in headache care and for health policy and health-resource investment. Preventative drugs, grossly underutilized in current practice, offer a high prospect of eco nomic benefit (cost-saving), but new preventative drugs are needed with better efficacy and/or tolerability.
Source: The Journal of Headache and Pain - Category: Neurology Source Type: research