CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241233979
Marta Pascual-Mato, Gabriel Gárate, Carlota de Prado-Tejerina, María José García, Beatriz Castro, Vicente González-Quintanilla, Jorge Madera, Javier Crespo, Julio Pascual, Monserrat Rivero
{"title":"Increased prevalence of migraine in women with inflammatory bowel disease: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Marta Pascual-Mato, Gabriel Gárate, Carlota de Prado-Tejerina, María José García, Beatriz Castro, Vicente González-Quintanilla, Jorge Madera, Javier Crespo, Julio Pascual, Monserrat Rivero","doi":"10.1177/03331024241233979","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241233979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Some studies have suggested an association between migraine and inflammatory bowel disease. We determined migraine prevalence in a cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with inflammatory bowel disease aged 18-65 years were interviewed using an <i>ad hoc</i> headache questionnaire. Those who admitted a history of headache in the last year answered the three questions of the ID-Migraine questionnaire. Those who answered \"yes\" to the three of them were classified as \"definite\" and those who answered \"yes\" to two were classified as \"probable\" migraine.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We interviewed 283 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of these, 176 (62.2%) had headache. Fifty-nine (20.8%; 95% CI 16.3-26.0%) met migraine criteria either definite (n = 33; 11.7%; 95% CI 8.2-16.0%) or probable (n = 26; 9.2%; 95% CI 6.1-13.2). When divided by gender, 12 men (9.6%; 95% CI 5.1-16.2%) and 47 women (29.8%; 95% CI 22.8-37.5%) met migraine criteria. The prevalence of migraine was increased in inflammatory bowel disease patients from the current cohort (20.8%) versus that reported for our general population for the same age group (12.6%; p < 0.0001). These differences remained significant in female inflammatory bowel disease patients (29.8% versus 17.2% in our general population; p < 0.0001), but not in males (9.6% in inflammatory bowel disease vs 8.0%; p = 0.30). Seventeen patients with inflammatory bowel disease (6.0%; 95% CI 3.54-9.44%) fulfilled chronic migraine criteria. There were no differences in migraine prevalence by inflammatory bowel disease subtypes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Migraine prevalence, including chronic migraine, seems to be increased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The fact that this association was stronger for women suggests an influence of sex-related factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 3","pages":"3331024241233979"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140012296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241235210
Aikaterini Selntigia, Caterina Exacoustos, Camille Ortoleva, Consuelo Russo, Giulia Monaco, Francesco Giuseppe Martire, Giuseppe Rizzo, David Della-Morte, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Maria Albanese
{"title":"Correlation between endometriosis and migraine features: Results from a prospective case-control study.","authors":"Aikaterini Selntigia, Caterina Exacoustos, Camille Ortoleva, Consuelo Russo, Giulia Monaco, Francesco Giuseppe Martire, Giuseppe Rizzo, David Della-Morte, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Maria Albanese","doi":"10.1177/03331024241235210","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241235210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Endometriosis and migraine frequently coexist, but only a limited number of studies have focused on their mutual association. The aim of our study was to investigate, in untreated women with comorbid endometriosis/adenomyosis and migraine, the correlation between headache features and endometriotic subtypes and their possible relationship with pain severity and disease disability.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fifty women affected by endometriosis/adenomyosis and migraine matched (1:2) with 100 patients with endometriosis alone and 100 patients with only migraine were recruited and underwent pelvic ultrasound imaging and neurological examination.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Severe adenomyosis, posterior and anterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (p = 0.027, p = 0.0031 and p = 0.029, respectively) occurred more frequently in women with migraine. Dysmenorrhea was the most commonly reported symptom in women with endometriosis and migraine and the mean VAS scores of all typical endometriotic symptoms were significantly higher in the presence of comorbidity. Women with both migraine and endometriosis reported significant higher pain intensity (p = 0.004), higher monthly migraine days (p = 0.042) and increased HIT 6-scores (p = 0.01), compared with those without endometriosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results demonstrated that the co-occurrence of migraine in untreated women with endometriosis is associated with more severe gynecological infiltrations and correlated with increased pain intensity and disease disability.<b>Trial Registration:</b> Protocol number 119/21.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 3","pages":"3331024241235210"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140021055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241238153
Frank Porreca, Edita Navratilova, Joe Hirman, Antoinette Maassen van den Brink, Richard B Lipton, David W Dodick
{"title":"Evaluation of outcomes of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-targeting therapies for acute and preventive migraine treatment based on patient sex.","authors":"Frank Porreca, Edita Navratilova, Joe Hirman, Antoinette Maassen van den Brink, Richard B Lipton, David W Dodick","doi":"10.1177/03331024241238153","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241238153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women show increased prevalence and severity of migraine compared to men. Whether small molecule calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor (CGRP-R) antagonists (i.e., gepants) and monoclonal antibodies targeting either the CGRP-R or the CGRP peptide might show sexually dimorphic outcomes for acute and preventive therapy has not been established.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a subpopulation analysis of available published data from FDA reviews to evaluate potential sex differences in the response rates of ubrogepant, rimegepant and zavegepant for acute migraine therapy. Available data from FDA reviews of erenumab, fremanezumab, galcanezumab and eptinezumab, approved CGRP-R and CGRP monoclonal antibodies and of atogepant were examined for prevention outcomes based on patient sex. Preventive outcomes were analyzed separately for patients with episodic migraine and chronic migraine.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In women, the three approved gepants produced statistically significant drug effects regardless of dose tested on the FDA mandated co-primary endpoints, the proportion of patients achieving two-hour pain-freedom and the proportion of patients free of their most bothersome symptom at two hours post-dose. In women, the average placebo-subtracted two-hour pain-freedom proportion was 9.5% (CI: 7.4 to 11.6) and the average numbers needed to treat was 11. The free from most bothersome symptom at two hours outcomes were also significant in women. The gepant drugs did not reach statistically significant effects on the two-hour pain-freedom endpoint in the men, with an average drug effect of 2.8% (CI: -2.5 to 8.2) and an average number needed to treat of 36. For freedom from most bothersome symptom at two hours post-dose endpoint, differences were not significant in male patients. The treatment effect in each of the gepant studies was always numerically greater in women than in men. In evaluation of prevention outcomes with the antibodies or atogepant using the change from the specified primary endpoint (e.g., monthly migraine days), the observed treatment effect for episodic migraine patients almost always favored drug over placebo in both women and men. For chronic migraine patients the treatment effects of antibodies were similar in men and women and always favored the drug treated group.<b>Conclusion/Interpretation:</b> Small molecule CGRP-R antagonists are effective in acute migraine therapy in women but available data do not demonstrate effectiveness in men. CGRP-targeting therapies are effective for migraine prevention in both male and female episodic migraine patients but possible sex differences remain uncertain. In male and female chronic migraine patients, CGRP/CGRP-R antibodies were similarly effective. The data highlight possible differential effects of CGRP targeted therapies in different patient populations and the need for increased understanding of CGRP neurobiology in men and women.</p","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 3","pages":"3331024241238153"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140109505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241228605
Hans Christoph Diener, Arne May
{"title":"New migraine drugs: A critical appraisal of the reason why the majority of migraine patients do not receive an adequate medication.","authors":"Hans Christoph Diener, Arne May","doi":"10.1177/03331024241228605","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241228605","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The last three decades have produced several novel and efficient medications to treat migraine attacks and reduce attack frequency. Additionally, promising approaches for the development of acute therapy and migraine prophylaxis continue to be pursued. At the same time as we witness the development of better and more efficient medications with continuously fewer side effects, we also realise that the high cost of such therapies means that only a minority of migraine patients who could benefit from these medications can afford them. Furthermore, information on cost-effectiveness is still lacking. Here, we compare availiable data, highlight open questions and suggest trials to close knowledge gaps. With good reason, our medicine is evidence-based. However, if this evidence is not collected, our decisions will continue to be based on marketing and assumptions. At the moment, we are not doing justice to our patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 3","pages":"3331024241228605"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140193503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1177/03331024241229389
{"title":"Thanks to Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/03331024241229389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03331024241229389","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140005789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241235156
Cristina Tassorelli, Kateryna Onishchenko, Rashmi B Halker Singh, Molly Duan, Laure Dupont-Benjamin, Matthew Hemstock, Corey Voller, Peter McAllister, Stephanie J Nahas, Pranav Gandhi, Jessica Ailani
{"title":"Comparative efficacy, quality of life, safety, and tolerability of atogepant and rimegepant in migraine prevention: A matching-adjusted indirect comparison analysis.","authors":"Cristina Tassorelli, Kateryna Onishchenko, Rashmi B Halker Singh, Molly Duan, Laure Dupont-Benjamin, Matthew Hemstock, Corey Voller, Peter McAllister, Stephanie J Nahas, Pranav Gandhi, Jessica Ailani","doi":"10.1177/03331024241235156","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241235156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Comparative evaluations of preventive migraine treatments can help inform clinical decision making for managing migraine in clinical practice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anchored matching-adjusted indirect comparison analysis was conducted using pooled participant-level data from two phase 3 atogepant trials (ADVANCE and PROGRESS) and one phase 2/3 rimegepant trial (BHV3000-305) to evaluate the relative efficacy and safety/tolerability of atogepant and rimegepant as preventive migraine treatments. Participants receiving atogepant 60 mg once daily, rimegepant orally disintegrating tablet 75 mg once every other day, and placebo were included. Only participants meeting the BHV3000-305 inclusion/exclusion criteria were analyzed: ≥6 monthly migraine days and ≤18 monthly headache days at baseline. The primary efficacy assessment of interest was change in monthly migraine days across weeks 1-12.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 252 participants in the atogepant group and 348 in the rimegepant group. Across weeks 1-12, atogepant 60 mg demonstrated a significantly greater reduction in mean monthly migraine days compared with rimegepant 75 mg (mean difference [95% CI]: -1.65 [-2.49, -0.81]; <i>p</i> < 0.001). Both atogepant and rimegepant demonstrated similar safety/tolerability profiles.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this matching-adjusted indirect comparison analysis, oral atogepant 60 mg once daily demonstrated a significantly greater reduction in monthly migraine days compared with rimegepant 75 mg orally disintegrating tablet once every other day.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 2","pages":"3331024241235156"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139971072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024231223979
Janu Thuraiaiyah, Håkan Ashina, Rune H Christensen, Haidar M Al-Khazali, Astrid Wiggers, Faisal Mohammad Amin, Timothy J Steiner, Messoud Ashina
{"title":"Premonitory symptoms in migraine: A REFORM Study.","authors":"Janu Thuraiaiyah, Håkan Ashina, Rune H Christensen, Haidar M Al-Khazali, Astrid Wiggers, Faisal Mohammad Amin, Timothy J Steiner, Messoud Ashina","doi":"10.1177/03331024231223979","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024231223979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Estimates of proportions of people with migraine who report premonitory symptoms vary greatly among previous studies. Our aims were to establish the proportion of patients reporting premonitory symptoms and its dependency on the enquiry method. Additionally, we investigated the impact of premonitory symptoms on disease burden using Headache Impact Test (HIT-6), Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) and World Health Organization Disability Assessment 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0), whilst investigating how various clinical factors influenced the likelihood of reporting premonitory symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a cross-sectional study, premonitory symptoms were assessed among 632 patients with migraine. Unprompted enquiry was used first, followed by a list of 17 items (prompted). Additionally, we obtained clinical characteristics through a semi-structured interview.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prompted enquiry resulted in a greater proportion reporting premonitory symptoms than unprompted (69.9% vs. 43.0%; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and with higher symptom counts (medians 2, interquartile range = 0-6 vs. 1, interquartile range = 0-1; <i>p</i> < 0.001). The number of symptoms correlated weakly with HIT-6 (<i>ρ</i> = 0.14; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and WHODAS scores (<i>ρ</i> = 0.09; <i>p = </i>0.041). Reporting postdromal symptoms or triggers increased the probability of reporting premonitory symptoms, whereas monthly migraine days decreased it.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The use of a standardized and optimized method for assessing premonitory symptoms is necessary to estimate their prevalence and to understand whether and how they contribute to disease burden.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 2","pages":"3331024231223979"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241233937
Peter J Goadsby, Stefan Evers, Amy A Gelfand, Richard B Lipton, Arne May, Patricia Pozo-Rosich, Jean Schoenen, Todd J Schwedt, Cristina Tassorelli, Gisela Terwindt, Shuu-Jiun Wang
{"title":"International Classification of Headache Disorders-4 - <i>Work in Progress 1</i>.","authors":"Peter J Goadsby, Stefan Evers, Amy A Gelfand, Richard B Lipton, Arne May, Patricia Pozo-Rosich, Jean Schoenen, Todd J Schwedt, Cristina Tassorelli, Gisela Terwindt, Shuu-Jiun Wang","doi":"10.1177/03331024241233937","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241233937","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 2","pages":"3331024241233937"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241234809
Michele Viana, Anders Hougaard, Erling Tronvik, Ingunn Grøntveit Winnberg, Anna Ambrosini, Armando Perrotta, Thien Phu Do, Mohammad Al-Mahdi Al-Karagholi, Mikhail Fominykh, Shairin Sihabdeen, Claudio Gobbi, Chiara Zecca
{"title":"Visual migraine aura iconography: A multicentre, cross-sectional study of individuals with migraine with aura.","authors":"Michele Viana, Anders Hougaard, Erling Tronvik, Ingunn Grøntveit Winnberg, Anna Ambrosini, Armando Perrotta, Thien Phu Do, Mohammad Al-Mahdi Al-Karagholi, Mikhail Fominykh, Shairin Sihabdeen, Claudio Gobbi, Chiara Zecca","doi":"10.1177/03331024241234809","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241234809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Visual disturbances are the most common symptoms of migraine aura. These symptoms can be described systematically by subdividing them into elementary visual symptoms. Since visual symptoms of migraine aura are not easy to describe verbally, we developed a collection of images illustrating previously reported elementary visual symptoms.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To test a standardised visual migraine aura iconography in a large population of migraine with aura patients and to improve it based on the participants' feedback.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We created a set of images representing 25 elementary visual symptoms and a web-based survey where participants could report whether they recognised these images as part of their visual aura. Elementary visual symptoms could also be recognised via a corresponding text description or described in a free text by participants. Individuals with migraine aura recruited from four tertiary headache centres (in Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Italy) were invited to complete the survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two hundred and fifteen participants completed the study (78.9% women, median age 36). They recognised a total of 1645 elementary visual symptoms from our predefined list. Of those, 1291 (78.4%) where recognised via standardised iconography images. A new type of elementary visual symptom was reported by one participant.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most elementary visual symptoms experienced by participants were recognised via the standardised iconography. This tool can be useful for clinical as well as research purposes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 2","pages":"3331024241234809"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CephalalgiaPub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1177/03331024241235139
Anand R Shewale, Jennifer A Brandenburg, Kate Burslem, Richard B Lipton, Jalpa A Doshi
{"title":"Health care resource utilization and costs associated with diagnosed medication overuse headache and potential acute medication overuse in individuals with migraine.","authors":"Anand R Shewale, Jennifer A Brandenburg, Kate Burslem, Richard B Lipton, Jalpa A Doshi","doi":"10.1177/03331024241235139","DOIUrl":"10.1177/03331024241235139","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Estimate health care resource utilization and costs associated with medication overuse headache and potential acute medication overuse.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis was conducted with Clinformatics Data Mart data (1 January 2019-31 December 2019) that included continuously enrolled commercially insured adults with migraine (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-10-CM] code G43.xxx). Medication overuse headache was defined as ≥1 inpatient or ≥2 outpatient claims with an ICD-10-CM code G44.41/40 (drug-induced headache). Potential acute medication overuse was defined as possessing sufficient medication for >10 mean treatment days/month for ergots, triptans, opioids, or combination analgesics or >15 mean cumulative days/month for simple prescription analgesics (e.g., acetaminophen, aspirin, other non-opioid analgesics) for >6 consecutive months. All-cause and migraine-related health care resource utilization and costs were compared after adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 90,017 individuals with migraine, the frequency of medication overuse headache/potential acute medication overuse was 12.6% (diagnosed medication overuse headache: 0.6%; potential acute medication overuse: 12.1%). Adjusted all-cause total costs ($31,235 vs $21,486; difference: $9,749 [<i>P</i> < 0.001]) and adjusted migraine-related total costs ($9,770 vs $6,207; difference: $3,563 [<i>P</i> < 0.001]) were higher in the medication overuse headache/potential acute medication overuse group versus those without medication overuse headache/potential acute medication overuse.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Individuals with diagnosed medication overuse headache/potential acute medication overuse had higher all-cause and migraine-related health care resource utilization and costs versus individuals without medication overuse headache/potential acute medication overuse, suggesting that improved migraine management is needed to reduce associated costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":10075,"journal":{"name":"Cephalalgia","volume":"44 2","pages":"3331024241235139"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139971073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}