Overview

Prednisolone in the Treatment of Withdrawal Headache in Probable Medication Overuse Headache

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether prednisolone is more effective than placebo in the first six days after initiation of medication withdrawal therapy for a medication overuse headache. Another purpose is to study whether patients followed by a neurologist 1 year after withdrawal do better than patients followed by a general practitioner.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Sorlandet Hospital HF
Treatments:
Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone Acetate
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Prednisolone
Prednisolone acetate
Prednisolone hemisuccinate
Prednisolone phosphate