Drug-Induced Headache edited by Hans-Christoph Diener, Marcia Wilkinson.

M. WILKINSON Patients with frequent or daily headaches pose a very difficult problem for the physician who has to treat them, particularly as many patients think that there should be a medicine or medicines which give them instant relief. In the search for the compound which would meet this very nat...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Diener, Hans-Christoph (Editor), Wilkinson, Marcia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:1st ed. 1988.
Series:Advances in Applied Neurological Sciences, 5
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Table of Contents:
  • Clinical Aspects of Drug-Induced Headache
  • Daily Chronic Headache — Tension Headaches, Migraine, and Combined Headaches: The Transformation Concept
  • Clinical Manifestations of Excessive Use of Analgesic Medication
  • Ergotism — The Clinical Picture
  • Clinical and Epidemiological Observations on Drug Abuse in Headache Patients
  • Drug-Induced Headache — Does a Critical Dosage Exist?
  • What Kind of Drugs Are Taken by Patients with Primary Headaches?
  • Psychological, Behavioral, and Social Aspects of Drug-Induced Headache
  • The Role of Behavioral and Social Factors in the Development of Drug-Induced Headache
  • Dependence on Analgesic Medication in Chronic Headache Sufferers: Psychological Analysis
  • Psychiatric Aspects of Drug Addiction of the Barbiturate-Alcohol Type
  • Pharmacological Aspects of Drug-Induced Headache
  • Headache Drugs Provoking Chronic Headache: Historical Aspects and Common Misunderstandings
  • Possible Pharmacological Mechanisms of Chronic Abuse of Analgesics and Other Antimigraine Drugs
  • Clinical Pharmacology of Ergotamine An Overview
  • Ergotamine Tartrate Dependency: Possible Mechanisms
  • Platelet Reactivity in Ergotamine Headache Compared to Migraine and Muscle Contraction Headache
  • Treatment of Drug-Induced Headache
  • Short- and Long-Term Effects of Withdrawal Therapy in Drug-Induced Headache
  • Therapeutic Approach to Drug Abuse in Headache Patients
  • Management of Ergotamine Withdrawal
  • Possible Mechanisms and Treatment of Analgesic-Induced Chronic Headache
  • Characteristics and Treatment of Analgesic Rebound Headache
  • Conclusions.