[What benefits does the preventive treatment of migraine have?]

Rev Neurol. 2014 Mar 10:58 Suppl 2:S21-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The preventive treatment of migraine is under-used. Moreover, treatment compliance and persistence rates are low. Yet, it is crucial to be able to control the frequency, intensity and duration of the attacks of migraine, which enables patients to resort to painkillers less often. All this plays a key role in improving the associated quality of life and disability. It is important to have a clear idea of the goals of preventive treatment, as well as the indications for starting it, its ideal duration and compliance. Enhancing and completing the knowledge we have about preventive treatment will probably improve its prescription and provide tools that allow an increase in patient compliance to be achieved.

Title: Que aporta el tratamiento preventivo en la migraña?

El tratamiento preventivo de la migraña esta infrautilizado. Ademas, la adhesion y persistencia al tratamiento son bajas. Sin embargo, es crucial para poder controlar la frecuencia, intensidad y duracion de las crisis de migraña, lo que permite a los pacientes un menor uso de analgesicos. Todo esto es clave para mejorar la calidad de vida y discapacidad asociadas. Es importante tener claros los objetivos del tratamiento preventivo, al igual que las indicaciones para iniciarlo, su duracion idonea y la adhesion. Mejorar y completar el conocimiento alrededor del tratamiento preventivo probablemente mejorara su prescripcion y aportara herramientas que permitan aumentar la adhesion de los pacientes.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Chemoprevention
  • Humans
  • Migraine Disorders / prevention & control*