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  • Title: Headache (chronic tension-type).
    Author: Ghadiri-Sani M, Silver N.
    Journal: BMJ Clin Evid; 2016 Feb 05; 2016():. PubMed ID: 26859719.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) is a disorder that evolves from episodic tension-type headache, with daily, or very frequent, episodes of headache lasting hours or they may be continuous. It affects up to 4% of the general population, and is more prevalent in women (up to 65% of cases). METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We conducted a systematic overview, aiming to answer the following clinical questions: What are the effects of drug treatments for CTTH? What are the effects of non-drug treatments for CTTH? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to December 2013 (Clinical Evidence overviews are updated periodically; please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this overview). RESULTS: At this update, searching of electronic databases retrieved 125 studies. After deduplication, 77 records were screened for inclusion in the overview. Appraisal of titles and abstracts led to the exclusion of 56 studies and the further review of 21 full publications. Of the 21 full articles evaluated, three systematic reviews and one RCT were included at this update. We performed a GRADE evaluation for 15 PICO combinations. CONCLUSIONS: In this systematic overview, we categorised the efficacy for 12 interventions based on information about the effectiveness and safety of non-drug treatments acupuncture and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), as well as the drug treatments amitriptyline, anticonvulsant drugs (sodium valproate, topiramate, or gabapentin), benzodiazepines, botulinum toxin, noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants (mirtazapine), NSAIDs (e.g. ibuprofen); opioid analgesics (e.g. codeine), paracetamol, serotonin re-uptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs), and tricyclic antidepressants (other than amitriptyline).
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