You need to review your answer for Number 5. Triptans should NOT be used daily. They are NOT meant to be used as preventives, and the prescribing information for them clearly states so.
Overuse of triptans can cause medication overuse headache (MOH) . In fact, there is a subcategory of MOH in the International Headache Society criteria called triptan overuse headache (8.2.2).
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You need to review your answer for Number 5. Triptans should NOT be used daily. They are NOT meant to be used as preventives, and the prescribing information for them clearly states so.
Overuse of triptans can cause medication overuse headache (MOH) . In fact, there is a subcategory of MOH in the International Headache Society criteria called triptan overuse headache (8.2.2).
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