Table 2 Physician-reported current acute treatment patterns in insufficient responders/sufficient responders to acute treatment for migraine
|  | Insufficient responders (N = 227) | Sufficient responders (N = 311) | Total (N = 538) |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of prescribed acute regimens ever (% of total acute prescriptions) | |||
 0 | 4 (1.8) | 1 (0.3) | 5 (0.9) |
 1 | 147 (64.8) | 211 (68.1) | 358 (66.7) |
 2 | 50 (22.0) | 74 (23.9) | 124 (23.1) |
  ≥ 3 | 26 (11.5) | 24 (7.7) | 50 (9.3) |
Prescribed acute medication type, n (%)a | |||
 NSAIDs (including in combinations) | 99 (43.6) | 115 (37.0) | 214 (39.8) |
 Triptans | 171 (75.3) | 214 (68.8) | 385 (71.6) |
 Opioid analgesics (including in combinations) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patient currently taking OTC medications, n (%) | 12 (6.5) | 22 (9.0) | 34 (7.9) |
Currently taking OTC and/or prescribed acute* | |||
 Prescribed acute treatment only | 171 (91.9) | 220 (89.8) | 391 (90.7) |
 OTC and prescribed acute | 11 (5.9) | 22 (9.0) | 33 (7.7) |
 OTC only | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
 Taking neither | 3 (1.6) | 3 (1.2) | 6 (1.4) |