Table 5 Medication use
Migraine | Tension-type headache | Cluster headache | Other headache types | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 691) | (n = 1,441) | (n = 21) | (n = 5,208) | |||||
Variables | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Medication use in the past 6 months, yes | 626 | 90.6 | 978 | 67.9 | 20 | 95.2 | 3,411 | 65.5 |
No prescription drugsa | 27 | 4.3 | 64 | 6.5 | 3 | 15.0 | 264 | 7.7 |
OTC analgesics onlya | 362 | 57.8 | 559 | 57.2 | 6 | 30.0 | 1,959 | 57.4 |
Prescription drugs only (acute and prophylactic)a | 38 | 6.1 | 49 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 4.7 |
OTC and prescription drugsa | 199 | 31.8 | 306 | 31.3 | 11 | 55.0 | 1,027 | 30.1 |
Number of OTC analgesic types | ||||||||
1 | 403 | 58.3 | 677 | 47.0 | 11 | 52.4 | 2,420 | 46.5 |
≥ 2 | 158 | 22.9 | 188 | 13.0 | 6 | 28.6 | 566 | 10.9 |
Types of prescription drugs in the past 6 months (prophylactic) | ||||||||
Antidepressants | 23 | 3.3 | 45 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 137 | 2.6 |
Anti-epileptics | 13 | 1.9 | 21 | 1.5 | 1 | 4.8 | 78 | 1.5 |
Calcium channel blockers | 11 | 1.6 | 21 | 1.5 | 2 | 9.5 | 57 | 1.1 |
ARB/ACE inhibitors | 6 | 0.9 | 27 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 112 | 2.2 |
Beta-blockers | 4 | 0.6 | 8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.4 |
Other | 6 | 0.9 | 17 | 1.2 | 1 | 4.8 | 55 | 1.1 |
Types of prescription drugs in the past 6 months (acute) | ||||||||
Acetaminophen/NSAIDs | 206 | 29.8 | 409 | 28.4 | 9 | 42.9 | 1,435 | 27.6 |
Triptans | 41 | 5.9 | 13 | 0.9 | 4 | 19.0 | 59 | 1.1 |
Antiemetics | 28 | 4.1 | 25 | 1.7 | 1 | 4.8 | 118 | 2.3 |
Intravenous steroids | 14 | 2.0 | 23 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 1.7 |
Tranquilizers/anesthetic preparations | 6 | 0.9 | 12 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 1.2 |
Tramadol | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.2 |
Magnesium preparations | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.1 |
Ergotamine | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |