"The fishery story is a sad case of overuse by humans," says Bongaarts.
Unfortunately it contained white lead, which, being poisonous, led to hair loss and, in cases of extreme overuse, death.
The relative importance of different causes of overuse is unknown.
Antibiotics are a classic example of overuse.
It may be necessary to refer the patient to specialist treatment or to admit the patient to a neurology department in case of marked overuse, use of opioids, significant comorbidity or previous unsuccessful treatment courses [52, 53, 55]; see Table 16.
Medical devices, such as biofeedback and neurostimulators, have some advantages in migraine prevention, mainly when common anti-migraine medications are contraindicated or in case of medication overuse.
Reduced numbers of dopamine receptors, impaired cognitive functioning and compromised white matter integrity have also been noticed in cases of screen time overuse.
Although most cases of tenosynovitis are due to overuse trauma, an inflammatory or infectious aetiology may exist as well.
Anatomic variation such as a hypertrophic OP, as well as overuse including cases of sport activities or hyper-supination of the ankle, can also facilitate a local impingement (Fig. 7) [10].
Also in the case of the ergotamine overuse in LA, our findings are reinforced by a recently published review that reports a high prevalence of ergotamine-overuse in LA, and a relatively high prevalence of triptan-overuse in Europe [21].
