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.