When Prescribing Any Headache Therapy, Appropriate Use of Medications Needs

question 14

Multiple Choice

When prescribing any headache therapy, appropriate use of medications needs to be discussed to prevent medication-overuse headaches. A clinical characteristic of medication-overuse headaches is that they:

• A) Are increasing in frequency
• B) Are increasing in intensity
• C) Recur when medication wears off
• D) Begin to "cluster" into a pattern

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