Burden of increasing opioid use in the treatment of migraine: Results from the Migraine in America Symptoms and Treatment Study.

CONCLUSION: Among prescription medication users, this cross-sectional analysis shows that increasing use of prescription opioids is associated with male gender, chronic migraine, more severe disability, anxiety and depression, poor acute treatment optimization, and treatment in a pain clinic.
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Source: Headache - December 16, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Lipton RB, Buse DC, Dodick DW, Schwedt TJ, Singh P, Munjal S, Fanning K, Bostic Bs R, Reed ML Tags: Headache Source Type: research