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Table 7 Current and previous use of medications for headache disorder in the group of mBrain participants

From: mBrain: towards the continuous follow-up and headache classification of primary headache disorder patients

 

Total group

Migraine

Cluster headache

(n = 18)

(n = 14)

(n = 4)

Current use of acute medication, pct.

100%

100%

100%

Current # acute medications in use, median (IQR)

3 (2–3)

3 (2–3)

3 (2–4)

Current use of preventive medication, pct.

88.9%

85.7%

100%

Current # preventive medications in use, median (IQR)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

# previous acute medications used, median (IQR)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–4)

0 (0–1)

# previous preventive medications used, median (IQR)

2 (1–4)

1 (1–4)

1 (1–3)

  1. Numbers are presented for the total group, as well as separately for the migraine and cluster headache patients in the participant group. The results are provided for wave 1 and wave 2 combined. Abbreviations used in this table: pct. is percentage, IQR is interquartile range, “#” represents “number of”