Healio (7/11) reports researchers found that many adults with migraine use opioids, “despite practices discouraging patients from using them.” The findings were presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting. The researchers “analyzed data from 21,143 patients with migraine who indicated their level of opioid use as part of an online survey,” and “found that among the 12,299 patients who reported 0 to 3 migraine headache days each month, 15% were current opioid users, 26% were former users and 59% never used opioids. Among the remaining patients – all who indicated 4 or more migraine headache days each month – 23.9% were current opioid users, 31.2% were former users and 44.9% never used opioids.”
Related Links:
— “Opioid use among patients with migraine ‘alarmingly high’, “Janel Miller, Healio, July 11, 2019