Three of these were excluded, one for medical reasons, one who could not be taken off MPH medication due to work, and one for substance abuse.
The scale considers each patient's number of general medical conditions, the severity of these conditions, and the use of medication due to the conditions [ 45].
No patient discontinued the study medication due to adverse events.
The patient was also briefly treated with gabapentin but had to discontinue the medication due to adverse effects.
None of the subjects had any history of known diseases or reported any intake of medication due to illnesses.
However, the risk is that it may cause overuse of acute headache medication due to frequent headache attacks.
Patients, who stop taking a particular medication due to intolerable side effects, may not report a detailed history for that medication compared to medications they are currently taking.
Migraine is usually managed by medication, but some patients do not tolerate migraine medication due to side effects or prefer to avoid medication for other reasons.
Finally, as shown in other studies [15, 16] some people may wish to avoid medication due to possible side effects or risk for medication overuse.
Alcohol dependency, taking mood stabilizers, compulsory admission or arrest in the previous 6 months, greater clinical severity, and changing antipsychotic medication due to lack of effectiveness at baseline predicted a higher frequency of medication discontinuation in the subsequent 12 months.
Twenty-six EM patients were not on preventive medication due to the infrequent headaches, and 11 CM patients refused treatment due to the lack of consistent efficacy of prior preventive therapies.
